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Discharge circuit and power supply device therewith

US9780594B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2015
Grant dateOct 3, 2017
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Expiry dateMar 30, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/33507
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A discharge circuit has a voltage divider arranged to divide an alternating-current input voltage to produce a divided voltage, a high-pass filter arranged to pass a high-frequency component of the divided voltage to produce a monitoring voltage, a comparator arranged to compare the monitoring voltage with a threshold voltage to produce a comparison signal, a timer arranged to generate a timer signal indicating whether or not the comparison signal has been kept at the same logic level for a mask period, a controller arranged to generate a discharge control signal according to the timer signal, and a discharger arranged to discharge, according to the discharge control signal, an X capacitor connected to a node to which the alternating-current input voltage is applied.

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