Patent ID: 9287697
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H02H,H02M,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A power supply circuit to supply power to an electronic element, comprising a voltage clamping unit and a voltage conversion unit, the voltage conversion unit comprising an input terminal connected to a power supply to receive a first voltage, and an output terminal connected to the electronic element, the voltage clamping unit comprising first to fifth electronic switches, first to sixth resistors, and a diode, wherein a first terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to the output of the voltage conversion unit through the first resistor and is grounded through the second resistor, a second terminal of the first electronic switch is connected to the power supply to receive a second voltage, a first terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to the second terminal of the first electronic switch, a second terminal of the second electronic switch is connected to the power supply to receive the second voltage through the fourth resistor, a first terminal of the third electronic switch is connected to the power supply to receive the second voltage through the fifth resistor, a second terminal of the third electronic switch is connected to a cathode of the diode, a third terminal of the third electronic switch is connected to the power supply to receive the second voltage, an anode of the diode is connected to the second terminal of the second electronic switch, a first terminal of the fourth electronic switch is connected to the cathode of the diode, a second terminal of the fourth electronic switch is connected to the first terminal of the third electronic switch, a first terminal of the fifth electronic switch is connected to the second terminal of the fourth electronic switch, a second terminal of the fifth electronic switch is connected to the power supply through the sixth resistor to receive the second voltage, the second terminal of the fifth electronic switch is also connected to a signal pin of the power supply, third terminals of the first, the second, the fourth, and the fifth electronic switches are grounded; wherein when a voltage output from the voltage conversion unit is equal to a rated voltage of the electronic element, the first electronic switch is off, the second electronic switch is on, the diode, the fourth electronic switch, and the third electronic switch are off, the fifth electronic switch is on, the second terminal of the fifth electronic switch transmits a low level signal to the signal pin of the power supply, and the power supply operates normally; wherein when the voltage output from the voltage conversion unit is greater than the rated voltage of the electronic element, the first electronic switch is on, the second electronic switch is off, the diode, the fourth electronic switch, and the third electronic switch are on, the fifth electronic switch is off, the second terminal of the fifth electronic switch transmits a high level signal to the signal pin of the power supply, and the power supply stops operating.