201results about How to "Reduce switching noise" patented technology

The present invention includes a turn-off signal modulating circuit that periodically varies a turn-off timing of a switching element 2 at a preset modulation time after a current detection by a drain current detecting circuit 15, and by modulating the peak of a current flowing through the switching element 2, diffuses switching noise while preventing concentration of an oscillating frequency at a constant frequency even under a constant input voltage and a constant load.

A control device receives a power supply current from a current sensor and a reactor current from a current sensor and detects a maximum value and a minimum value from the reactor current and from the detected maximum and minimum values and the power supply current determines whether the reactor current traverses the zero point, and if so the control device generates and outputs a signal to an up converter which responds to the signal by stopping switching to perform an up or down converting operation.

An electrical interface device (10) for towing, operable to facilitate releasably coupling one or more electrical subsystems of a towing vehicle (12) and a towed vehicle, and including associated modular, removable circuitry (24). The circuitry (24) may provide overload, short-circuit, and reverse connection protection and power signal filtering. Alternative or additional circuitry may be added to support other functionality, including interfacing a brake control subsystem. Circular receptacle and flat plug connectors (20,22) are provided to accommodate without modification a variety of electrical connectors. Covers (32,33) are also provided to protect unused connectors from adverse environmental conditions.

A backlight inverter for an LCD panel of an asynchronous pulse width modulation (PWM) driving type which is capable of driving a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) in pairs and controlling a plurality of PWM drive signals for respective operations of the lamps to make the phases thereof different. The backlight inverter comprises a main driving integrated circuit (IC), at least one sub-driving IC, and a plurality of lamp operating circuits for operating the pairs of lamps in response to the first and second PWM drive signals and the third and fourth PWM drive signals, respectively. The lamps have different PWM on/off periods so that overshoot of a power supply circuit can be reduced so as to keep the entire system power stable.

The invention discloses an infrared proximity transducer capable of inhibiting an environmental noise. In the prior art, there are problems of poor capability for inhibition of environmental noises and high fallout ratio on the condition of strong background light and high temperature; however, the above-mentioned problems are solved by utilizing the infrared proximity transducer. The infrared proximity transducer comprises a photodiode circuit, an infrared emitting diode, a current control circuit, an analog to digital conversion circuit, a digital to analog conversion circuit, a time sequence control circuit and a data storage circuit. The photodiode circuit converts a detected optical signal to a current signal; the current signal passes through the current control circuit and is output to the analog to digital conversion circuit; the digital to analog conversion circuit converts an output of the analog to digital conversion circuit into a current signal and then the current signalis feedbacked to an input terminal of the analog to digital conversion circuit; the output of the analog to digital conversion circuit is sent to an external microprocessor through the data storage circuit; and the time sequence control circuit provides a time sequence control signal for all circuits. According to the invention, an effect of filtering and removing environmental noises is good; and a degree of closeness of an object can be accurately detected in the environment of strong background light and high temperature; therefore, the infrared proximity transducer can be applied to intelligent control of electronic products.

A disk array system is provided, which can improve data reliability by verifying addressing correctness of data access by applying a redundant code to user data even if using an HDD compatible with serial ATA, etc. whose sector length cannot be extended. When writing the object data to an HDD, a controller stores partly-extracted data of the object data in a control area and performs an XOR operation between the partly-extracted data and a check code generated by calculations. Then, the operation-resultant data (CC-embedded data) are returned to the object data and written in the HDD. Also, when reading the object data from the HDD, the controller fetches the CC-embedded data, performs an. XOR operation between the fetched data and the check code, and compares and collates the operation-resultant data with the partly-extracted data in the control area to check the addressing correctness and restore the user data.

This invention provides a power supply device capable of widening a conduction period of an input current by a simple control to improve a power factor, and reducing a harmonic distortion of the input current The power supply device comprises a rectifier circuit, a reactor, a power factor correction circuit having switching elements, capacitors and a reverse-current blocking rectifier elements, a smoothing capacitor for smoothing an output voltage of the power factor correction circuit to obtain a DC voltage, a pulse signal controller generating and outputting a pulse signal for turning on and off the switching elements, and a driver for receiving the pulse signal to drive a switching elements of the power factor correction circuit.

Embodiments of the invention provide a power semiconductor module wherein it is possible to reduce switching noise generated in a switching element, and at the same time, to reduce thermal resistance between a power semiconductor chip and an insulating substrate. In some embodiments, by a capacitor being installed between a printed substrate and an insulating substrate so as to be adjacent to a power semiconductor chip which is a switching element, it is possible to reduce switching noise generated in the switching element, and furthermore, it is possible to reduce thermal resistance between the power semiconductor chip and insulating substrate.

The improved single stage power converter circuit topology substantially reduces EMI that is conducted to the AC line, reduces input AC current inrush, improves output ripples by the use of an auxiliary supply near zero crossings of the line AC voltage, provides Power Factors greater than 0.95, provides Total Harmonic Distortions less than 15%, and maintains constant power, including constant power in a non-linear output load. Further, this circuit topology provides output open and short circuit protections by reducing current stress in power components. This topology can also make the power source to appear as a fast-acting variable impedance source, an ideal source for powering an output load that has negative resistance characteristics such as gas discharge lamps.

What is provided is a direct-current converter which improves unstableness of operations owing to an error of a bottom detection circuit and fluctuations of a detection point which are caused by disturbance. The direct-current converter includes a bottom detection circuit 13 which detects a minimum voltage of a main switch Q1 after an auxiliary switch Q2 is switched off, an ideal gate signal generation circuit 21 which generates an ideal gate signal for switching on the main switch Q1 at a time of the minimum voltage of the main switch Q1 based on an output of the bottom detection circuit 13, a comparison circuit 22 which calculates an error output between the ideal gate signal generated by the ideal gate signal generation circuit 21 and an actual gate signal which switches on the main switch Q1, and a first delay circuit 14 which controls a delay of an ON time of the main switch Q1 by the actual gate signal based on the error output of the comparison circuit 22, thereby performing control to make the actual gate signal approach the ideal gate signal.

A DC-DC converter for boosting an input voltage to a higher output voltage includes an inductor, a field effect transistor, a first ON signal generating circuit, a second ON signal generating circuit, an OFF signal generating circuit, a transistor driving signal generating circuit, and a switching frequency varying circuit. The switching frequency varying circuit changes a first ON time with the passage of time, so that the energy of switching noise is diffused without concentrating at specific frequencies. Thus, magnitude of the energy of switching noise in each switching frequency can be reduced.

A multi-chip BGA package has two or more rerouted chips, each of which has one or more electrode plates. The electrode plate is coplanar with rerouting lines on the rerouted chip and may act as a decoupling capacitor, reducing simultaneous switching noise from fluctuations in power voltage, without causing an increase in thickness of the package. Further, each pair of rerouting lines on upper and lower rerouted chips includes two or more interconnection bumps. This reduces inductance and resistance of electric signal propagation. Therefore, the multi-chip BGA package of this invention can realize small, thin, high-speed and high-density memory devices.

A method and system for controlling an electrohydraulic braking system for a motor vehicle having an antilock braking control function and an electrically controllable pressure generating device having a cylinder-piston arrangement having a hydraulic pressure chamber and a piston displaceable by an electromechanical actuator so that a predetermined pressure can be set in the chamber, and having a number of hydraulically wheel brakes connected to the hydraulic pressure chamber by an electrically actuatable inlet valve and to a pressure medium reservoir by means of an electrically actuatable outlet valve. The cylinder-piston arrangement is actuated in case of antilock controlling at all wheel brake for setting an individual wheel target pressure at each wheel brake, such that the pressure in the hydraulic pressure chamber is set to the greatest wheel target pressure.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system that controls noise in a power system that includes a power rail and a ground rail. The system includes a MOS transistor coupled in series with a decoupling capacitor between the power rail and the ground rail and an inductive packaging connection coupled to the power rail in parallel with the MOS transistor and the decoupling capacitor. The combination of MOS transistor, decoupling capacitor, and inductive packaging connection form a resonant circuit. During operation, the system determines if there is noise in a V_dd signal on the power rail. Based on the noise present in the V_dd signal, the system adjusts the impedance of the MOS transistor to reduce the noise in a frequency range near a frequency of interest (ω_interest) of the resonant circuit without causing an unnecessary increase in switching noise at other frequencies.