US 11,996,729 B2
Auxiliary power supply including capacitor array and method of operating the same
Tae Hoon Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jae Woong Jeong, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Rak Hun Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Eun Kyu Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Tae Seung Han, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/461,673.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0030310 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285974 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H02J 9/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 9/06 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0068 (2013.01); H02J 7/345 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power supply comprising:
a main power supply configured to receive external power and output a charge voltage and main power; and
an auxiliary power supply including a capacitor array configured to charge auxiliary power using the charge voltage and output the auxiliary power and a charge controller connected to the capacitor array through a charge line,
wherein the charge controller is configured to perform a main charge check operation for checking whether the charge of the capacitor array is completed, and repeatedly perform a monitoring operation independently of the main charge check operation, until a detected voltage charged in the capacitor array reaches a target level,
wherein the monitoring operation includes:
a discharge operation to decrease a level of the charge voltage;
a sub charge operation to increase the level of the charge voltage; and
a detect operation to detect the detected voltage, and
wherein the charge controller determines the monitoring operation as a failure when the charge voltage is less than the target level at a predetermined point in time.