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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2011
Giuliano Lovisotto, Besana W Brianza, IT;
Giuliano Lovisotto, Besana W Brianza, IT;
Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V., Brussels, BE;
Abstract
A household appliance () is provided with an electronic control device () configured to reduce standby consumption. The appliance includes: —an electronic control unit (); and—a switching mode low power supply unit () having at least a first control terminal () and at least an output terminal () which supplies a main prefixed supply voltage (VB) to the electronic control unit (). The switching mode low power supply unit () is further configured to switch between a standby state and an operating state, when it detects a prefixed voltage variation (ΔV) on the first control terminal (). The electronic control device () is configured to connect, at least temporarily, the first control terminal () to the output terminal (), or to an independent auxiliary terminal () having a predetermined voltage, to generate the prefixed voltage variation (ΔV) on the first control terminal () to cause the switching mode low power supply unit () to switch from one of the states to the other state.