Adaptive bleeder circuit
US8610375B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B45/39
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An adaptive bleeder circuit is applicable to a power converter, in which the power converter has a transformer primary side and a transformer secondary side, and the power converter enables input power to be selectively input or not input to the transformer primary side through a pulse-width-modulated signal. The adaptive bleeder circuit includes a switched bleeder circuit, and the bleeder circuit switch dynamically adjusts a turn on/off ratio (or referred to as duty ratio) of the switch element according to the TRIAC holding current and the converter input current of an alternating current (AC) TRIAC. When the input current is less than the holding current, the bleeder circuit increases conduction time ratio of the pulse-width-modulated signal, such that the input current recovers to the holding current to maintain normal conduction of the AC TRIAC.
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