Asustek Computer Inc.

Hsiang-Jui Hung

Ming-Ting Tsai

Wei-Chen Tu

Sun-Chen Yang

Chun-San Lin

Yi-Ming Huang

Han-Hsun Chen

Ching-Han Li

Hsi-Ho Hsu

Wei-Gen Chung

Chen-Hao Yu

Wei Kao

Yun-Jiun You

Chih-Wan Hsu

Yii-Lin Wu

Kai-Chun Liang

Xiao-Feng Zhou

Hsiang-Chung Weng

Wen-Hsiang Yang

Ching-Fu Cheng

Jia-Ching Huang

Min-Hou Kuo

Bo-Siang Cheng

Wen-Chen Tu

A load switch circuit is provided. The load switch circuit includes a control chip and a current limit protection circuit. The control chip is operated at a power supply voltage, configured to receive an input voltage, and controlled by an enable signal to provide an output voltage and an output current to a load. The current limit protection circuit is configured to provide a current limit control voltage to a current limit and low power pin of the control chip, so that the control chip may adjust a current limit of the output current.

Load switch circuit

A power supply phase doubling system includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller and first and second phase doubling chips. The PWM controller outputs a PWM signal. The first phase doubling chip is operated at a power supply voltage and has a first PWM output pin to generate a first control signal and a second control signal according to the PWM signal, and generates a first output signal according to the first control signal. The second phase doubling chip is operated at the power supply voltage, has a second PWM output pin, and is configured to generate a second output signal according to the second control signal. The first and second phase doubling chips are respectively switched between a master mode and a slave mode according to a voltage level of the first PWM output pin and a voltage level of the second PWM output pin.

Power supply phase doubling system

A voltage detection device is provided. The voltage detection device includes a first voltage divider circuit, a comparison circuit, and a second voltage divider circuit. The first voltage divider circuit is configured to receive an input voltage and output a comparison voltage according to the input voltage. The comparison circuit is configured to receive the comparison voltage to compare the comparison voltage with a reference voltage and determine whether to change a trigger signal according to a comparison result. The second voltage divider circuit is configured to receive the input voltage. When the input voltage is greater than or equal to a predetermined voltage value, the second voltage divider circuit and the first voltage dividing circuit form a parallel structure to pull down the comparison voltage.

Voltage detection device

A battery management device includes a detection circuit, a charge control circuit, and a discharge control circuit. The detection circuit is configured to output a first control signal and a second control signal according to a volume of a rechargeable battery. The charge control circuit is electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery and the detection circuit, and configured to open a charge loop of the rechargeable battery according to the first control signal. The discharge control circuit is electrically coupled to the rechargeable battery and the detection circuit, and configured to close a discharge path of the rechargeable battery according to the second control signal.

Battery management device with volume detection and forced discharge

A charging method of a portable electronic device, adapted to charge a battery module of a portable electronic device, the charging method comprising detecting a battery voltage and a charging current of the battery module; determining whether the portable electronic device operates at a constant current mode according to the battery voltage; entering an over voltage protection charging loop while the portable electronic device operates at the constant current mode and allows the battery module to be charged up at a maximum charging voltage, and leaving the over voltage protection charging loop while the charging current is smaller than a predetermined current, wherein the maximum charging voltage is gradually decreased according to a comparison result between the battery voltage and an overcharging protection voltage; and setting the maximum charging voltage as a full charge voltage while leaving the over voltage protection charging loop.

Charging method and portable electronic device using the same

A charging method and a portable electronic device using the same are provided. The charging method includes following steps: detecting a battery voltage and a charging current of a battery module; determining whether the portable electronic device operates at a constant voltage (CV) charging mode; executing an impedance calculation at the CV charging mode to obtain a first battery voltage corresponding to a first predetermined current and a second battery voltage corresponding to a second predetermined current; calculating a compensation impedance according to the predetermined current and the battery voltages; setting a maximum charging voltage according to the compensation impedance and executing a CV charging to the battery module accordingly; determining whether a current variation of the charging current is larger than a threshold value; re-executing the impedance calculation; updating a setting value of the maximum charging voltage when the current variation is larger than the threshold value.

Charging method using compensation impedance in CV charging mode

A wireless power supply and power receiving device includes a sensor, a control module, a coil module and a rectifying and switching module. The control module determines a position or a direction of the wireless power supply and power receiving device according to the sensor, and the rectifying and switching module selectively operates in a wireless power supply mode or a wireless power receiving mode according to the position or the direction. When in the wireless power supply mode, the rectifying and switching module converts the power energy to wireless power energy to provide power to a first external device by using the coil module. When in the wireless power receiving mode, the rectifying and switching module receives wireless power energy from a second external device via the coil module.

Wireless communication apparatus and antenna system thereof

A power supply control method and a portable electronic device using the same are provided. The power supply control method includes following steps: detecting an input voltage and an input current at a power input terminal of the portable electronic device; setting a plurality of detection loads sequentially to control a power adaptor to provide a detection current as the input current for the portable electronic device respectively; calculating an equivalent input impedance of the power input terminal according to the detection current and the corresponding input voltage; calculating an actual output voltage of the power adaptor according to the equivalent input impedance, the input voltage, and the input current; and setting a work load according to the actual output voltage to control the power adaptor to provide a work current as the input current for the portable electronic device.

Power supply control method and portable electronic device using the same

An electronic device and a power supplying method thereof are provided. An electronic device includes a host and a power supply. The host receives a power via a power supply path. The power is transmitted to the host via the power supply path. The power supply detects state changes of a plurality of supply current values at the power supply path obtained by the host from the power supply at a plurality of time intervals, so as to generate a determining result. A voltage value of the power is changed according to the determining result.

Electronic device and power supplying method thereof

A signal analysis circuit and a signal analysis method thereof are disclosed. The signal analysis circuit includes a peak detector, a subtraction amplifying unit, and a compare unit. The peak detector obtains a peak value of a first voltage signal to generate a second voltage signal. The subtraction amplifying unit generates a compare voltage signal according to the second voltage signal, and amplifies a voltage value difference between the second voltage signal and the compare voltage signal to generate a third voltage signal. A peak-to-peak value of the third voltage signal is larger than a peak-to-peak value of the second voltage signal. The compare unit compares the voltage value of the third voltage signal and the voltage value of the compare voltage signal to generate an output voltage signal. In such a manner, a new signal analysis circuit can be realized.

Signal analysis circuit and signal analysis method thereof

A boost converter circuit includes a first boost module, a first detecting unit, a second boost module and a first detecting unit. The first boost module includes a first comparing control unit. The first detecting unit is coupled to the first boost module, and the first detecting unit adjusts a first input signal of the first comparing control unit according to a first signal of the first boost module. A second boost module is connected in parallel to the first boost module, and the second boost module includes a second comparing control unit. The second detecting unit is coupled to the second boost module, and the first detecting unit adjusts a second input signal of the second comparing control unit according to a second signal of the second boost module.

Boost converter circuit

A transient voltage compensation apparatus and a power supply using the same are provided. The power supply mainly uses a compensation circuit coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of a power converter. When a load of the power supply is switched in a very short time, a power coupled to the compensation circuit is retrieved to compensate the output of the power supply, such that the output voltage is kept steady, and the transient response of the power supply is increased.

Transient voltage compensation apparatus and power supply using the same

The present invention provides an image processing method for a display device. The method includes: calculating an average brightness of an image; adjusting the average brightness to generate an adjusted average brightness; utilizing Brightness Preserving Bi-Histogram Equalization (BBHE) and the adjusted average brightness to process the image; and displaying the image.

Image processing method for display device

A transient voltage compensation apparatus and a power supply using the same are provided. The power supply mainly uses an energy transferring circuit coupled between an input terminal and an output terminal of a power converter. When a load of the power supply is switched in a very short time, a power coupled to the energy transferring circuit is retrieved to compensate the output of the power supply, such that the output voltage is kept steady, and the transient response of the power supply is increased.

A boost converter includes a first boost conversion unit and a second boost conversion unit. Coils of the first boost conversion unit and the second boost conversion unit are coupled with each other. Due to coupling of the coils, the second boost conversion unit releases energy while the first boost conversion unit stores energy in a period of time. Furthermore, due to coupling of the coils, the first boost conversion unit releases energy while the second boost conversion unit stores energy in another period of time. The two boost conversion units operate alternately, thereby adjusting switching loss and averaging output power of components. Furthermore, as switching frequency increases, the coil inductance, as well as the capacitance required in the two boost conversion units can be reduced correspondingly, thus substantially enhancing responses of the two boost conversion units as a whole.

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Hsiang-Jui Hung