Power supply system and short circuit and/or bad connection detection method thereof, and power converter thereof

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PATENT NO 9912224
APP PUB NO 20150372601A1
SERIAL NO

14735187

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The present invention discloses a short circuit and/or bad connection detection method for use in a power supply system. The power supply system includes a power converter which converts an input voltage to an output voltage and supplies an output current to an electronic device. In the short circuit detection method, the conversion from the input voltage to the output voltage is disabled in a disable time period, and whether a short circuit occurs is determined according to the decreasing speed of the output voltage. In the bad connection detection method, an actual voltage and an actual current received by the electronic device are compared with the output voltage and the output current, to determine whether a bad connection occurs.

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  • RICHTEK TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Isaac Y Zhubei, TW 125 802
Shiu, Yi-Min Hsinchu, TW 9 16

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