| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20080252245 | Motor Driving Circuit Having Low Current Consumption under a Standby Mode - A power cutter, an oscillator, a counter, a S-R latch, and a Hall bias are further disposed inside a DC motor driving circuit so that current consumption of the DC motor driving circuit is reduced significantly under a standby mode. When the counter detects that a received pulse width modulation signal stays at a low electrical level over a predetermined time, the counter triggers the S-R latch so as to activate a disabling signal of the power cutter for shutting down most elements until the pulse width modulation signal returns to a high electrical level. With the aid of the built-in Hall bias, space for externally coupling the Hall bias is saved, and moreover, a Hall sensor retrieves a dynamically-adjusted power and currents so that remarkable current consumption is saved under a standby mode. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20100045357 | Clamp Circuit for Clamping Inrush Voltage Induced by Hot Plugging and Related Chip - An inrush voltage clamping circuit for an electronic device for clamping an inrush voltage induced by hot plugging is disclosed. The clamp circuit includes a buffer unit and a clamp unit. The buffer unit is coupled to an input power end for receiving an inrush current of the inrush voltage. The clamp unit is coupled to the input power end and the buffer unit for controlling the buffer unit to receive the inrush current according to an input voltage of the input power end. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100052591 | MOTOR DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR ADJUSTING SPEED OF A MOTOR BY CHANGING AN OUTPUT VOLTAGE - A motor driving circuit for adjusting speed of the motor by changing output voltage is disclosed. One end of the motor is coupled to a variable voltage source. The motor driving circuit includes a motor-driving unit, a control unit and a determining unit. The motor-driving unit includes a first end coupled to another end of the motor, a second end coupled to a ground and a third end, and is utilized for driving the motor. The control unit is utilized for controlling the voltage between the first end and the third end of the motor-driving unit. The determining unit is coupled between the variable voltage source and the control unit, and is utilized for controlling the control unit to adjust the voltage between the first end and the third end of the motor-driving unit according to magnitude of the voltage of the variable voltage source. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100054964 | Rotating Speed Adjustment Circuit and Related Control System for a Heat Dissipation Fan - A rotating speed adjustment circuit for a heat dissipation fan includes a first node, a second node, a reception end for receiving a first control signal, a first resistor coupled to a voltage source and the first node, a second resistor coupled to the first node and the second node, a third resistor coupled to the second node and a ground end, a capacitor coupled to the first node and the ground end, a transistor coupled to the reception end, the second node and the ground end, an oscillator for generating an oscillating signal, and a comparator for comparing a signal of the first node and the oscillating signal, so as to output a second control signal to control a rotating speed of the heat dissipation fan. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100090631 | Sensorless Method and Related Device for Starting a Three-phase Brushless Direct-current Motor - A sensorless method for starting a three-phase brushless direct-current motor includes generating a start-up control signal, a start mode selection signal, and a control signal commutation period; switching to a start mode according to the start mode selection signal; implementing a position aligning procedure according to the start-up control signal and the control signal commutation period; detecting a zero crossing point of back electromotive forces during each control signal commutation period; outputting a sensorless mode selection signal while detecting the zero crossing points of the back electromotive forces during consecutive control signal commutation periods; switching to a sensorless mode according to the sensorless mode selection signal; and detecting a zero crossing point of back electromotive forces in the sensorless mode to determine a starting result of the three-phase brushless direct-current motor. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100176851 | Pulse Width Modulation Circuit Capable of Linearly Adjusting Duty Cycle with Voltage and Related Method - A pulse width modulation circuit capable of linearly adjusting duty cycle with voltage, which comprises an input voltage source for generating an input voltage, a regulator for generating a regulated voltage, a first voltage-dividing unit for providing a first divided voltage, a second voltage-dividing unit for providing a second divided voltage, a third voltage-dividing unit for providing a third divided voltage, a voltage adder for adding the first divided voltage and the third divided voltage for generating a high level voltage, a waveform generator for generating an oscillating signal according to the high level voltage and the third divided voltage, and a comparator having a first input terminal coupled to the second voltage-dividing unit, a second terminal coupled to the waveform generator, and an output terminal for comparing the second divided voltage with the oscillating signal to output a pulse width modulation signal through the output terminal. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100244757 | Current Limit Control Method of DC Motor and Related Device and Circuit - A control method of a current limit of a DC motor includes generating a reference voltage according to a preset current limit value of a DC motor; comparing the reference voltage with the voltage drop of a power control switch which drives the DC motor to generate a compare result; and controlling the power delivered to the DC motor according to the compare result in order to limit the current of the DC motor. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253259 | Driving Method and Related Driving Device for a Motor - A driving method for a motor includes sensing variation of magnetic pole of a rotator of the motor, to generate a magnetic pole sensing signal, determining dead zone of the motor according to the magnetic pole sensing signal, to generate a determination result, and adjusting voltage outputted to a coil of the rotator according to the determination result. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110062910 | Method of Driving DC Motor and Related Circuit for Avoiding Reverse Current - A motor driving method for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, designed for avoiding a reverse current induced by the Back Electromotive Force (BEMF), includes providing a driver circuit for driving the DC motor; comparing a signal level of a terminal of the DC motor and a predetermined voltage value to produce a comparing result; and controlling a specific lower gate switch to avoid the occurrence of a reverse current of the DC motor according to the comparing result. | 03-17-2011 |