US 12,081,123 B2
System and method for detecting a DC bus voltage while minimizing power loss in standby mode
Shaohua Peng, Shanghai (CN); Yuhong Fang, Naperville, IL (US); and Bernd Clauberg, Schaumburg, IL (US)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/626,553
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/070183
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/013703, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/876,249, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 19188982 (EP), filed on Jul. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0247300 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 45/355 (2020.01); H05B 45/3725 (2020.01); H05B 45/385 (2020.01)
CPC H02M 3/158 (2013.01) [H02M 1/0032 (2021.05); H02M 1/007 (2021.05); H05B 45/355 (2020.01); H05B 45/3725 (2020.01); H05B 45/385 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An LED power supply, comprising:
a power factor correction circuit configured to receive an input signal and provide a DC bus voltage across a DC bus;
a converter configured to receive the DC bus voltage and to output a DC output voltage for powering at least one LED, wherein the converter comprises a high-side transistor, wherein the high-side transistor is OFF when the LED power supply is in standby;
a voltage sensor being configured to output a voltage sensor output;
a controller configured to receive the voltage sensor output and to output a control signal according to the voltage sensor output, wherein the voltage sensor is positioned in series with the output of the high-side transistor of the converter, such that, when the high-side transistor is ON, the voltage sensor output is proportional to the DC bus voltage, and when the high-side transistor is OFF, the voltage sensor is disconnected from the DC bus; a peak detector disposed such that the voltage sensor output is proportional to a peak of the DC bus voltage; and, wherein the peak detector is disposed between the output of the high-side transistor of the converter and the voltage sensor;
a second voltage sensor being configured to output a second voltage sensor output; and
a second controller configured to receive the second voltage sensor output and to output a second control signal according to the second voltage sensor output, wherein the second voltage sensor is positioned in series with the output of the high-side transistor, such that, when the high-side transistor is ON, the second voltage sensor output is proportional to the DC bus voltage, and when the high-side transistor is OFF, the second voltage sensor is disconnected from the DC bus.