Protection circuit applied to an alternating current power source and related protection method thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10056823
APP PUB NO 20160226371A1
SERIAL NO

15011678

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A protection circuit applied to an alternating current (AC) power source includes a sample-and-hold unit, a detection unit, and a discharge signal generation unit. The sample-and-hold unit samples a peak value of a direct current (DC) voltage during each period of a corresponding AC voltage, wherein the AC power source provides the AC voltage. The detection unit generates a detection signal when the DC voltage crosses a reference voltage corresponding to the peak value. The discharge signal generation unit generates a count signal when the discharge signal generation unit does not receive the detection signal within a predetermined time of a period of the AC voltage, accumulates the count signal, and generates a discharge signal to a discharge unit when a number of accumulated count signals is greater than a predetermined value, wherein the discharge unit discharges an X capacitor according to the discharge signal.

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LEADTREND TECHNOLOGY CORP4F -1 NO 1 TAIYUAN 2ND ST ZHUBEI CITY HSINCHU COUNTY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lin, Yu-Kun Hsin-Chu, TW 6 12
Tsai, Meng-Jen Hsin-Chu, TW 20 127
Tsou, Ming-Chang Hsin-Chu, TW 43 142

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