Patent ID: 8536852
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A current balance circuit to keep a dynamic balance between first and second currents output by a power source to first and second power passages of a power connector, the current balance circuit comprising: first and second current sensors connected to the power source to receive the first and second currents respectively, output the first and second currents respectively, and convert the first and second currents into a first and a second voltages respectively; an averager connected to the first and second current sensors to receive the first and second voltages, and calculate an average voltage of the first and second voltages; a first rheostat element connected to the first current sensor to receive the first current output by the power source; a second rheostat element connected to the second current sensor to receive the second current output by the power source; a first control module connected to the first current sensor and the averager to receive the first voltage and the average voltage, and calculate the first voltage and the average voltage to obtain a first control signal to control a current conduction ability of the first rheostat for the first current; and a second control module connected to the second current sensor and the averager to receive the second voltage and the average voltage, and calculate the second voltage and the average voltage to obtain a second control signal to control a current conduction ability of the second rheostat for the second current, to make the first and second currents passing through the first and second power passages keep a current dynamic balance; wherein the first control module comprises a first subtracter, a second subtracter, and a first delay element; the second control module comprises a third subtracter, a fourth subtracter, and a second delay element; wherein a first input terminal of the first subtracter is connected to the averager to receive the average voltage, a second input terminal of the first subtracter is connected to the first current sensor to receive the first voltage, an output terminal of the first subtracter is connected to a first input terminal of the second subtracter, an output terminal of the second subtracter is connected to a control terminal of the first rheostat element and connected to a second input terminal of the second subtracter via the first delay element; wherein a first input terminal of the third subtracter is connected to the averager to receive the average voltage, a second input terminal of the third subtracter is connected to the second current sensor to receive the second voltage, an output terminal of the third subtracter is connected to a first input terminal of the fourth subtracter, a second input terminal of the fourth subtracter is connected to an output terminal of the fourth subtracter via the second delay element, the output terminal of the fourth subtracter is also connected to a control terminal of the second rheostat element; and wherein the first subtracter comprises a first amplifier and first to fourth resistors, the second subtracter comprises a second amplifier and fifth to eighth resistors, the third subtracter comprises a third amplifier and ninth to twelfth resistors, the fourth subtracter comprises a fourth amplifier and thirteenth to sixteenth resistors, a non-inverting terminal of the first amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the first resistor, and is grounded via the third resistor, a second terminal of the first resistor functions as the second input terminal of the first subtracter, an inverting terminal of the first amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the second resistor, and connected to an output terminal of the first amplifier via the fourth resistor, the output terminal of the first amplifier functions as the output terminal of the first subtracter, a second terminal of the second resistor functions as the first input terminal of the first subtracter; wherein a non-inverting terminal of the second amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the sixth resistor, and is grounded via the eighth resistor, a second terminal of the sixth resistor functions as the second input terminal of the second subtracter, an inverting terminal of the second amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the fifth resistor, and connected to an output terminal of the second amplifier via the seventh resistor, the output terminal of the second amplifier functions as the output terminal of the second subtracter, a second terminal of the fifth resistor functions as the first input terminal of the second subtracter; wherein a non-inverting terminal of the third amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the tenth resistor, and is grounded via the twelfth resistor, a second terminal of the tenth resistor functions as the second input terminal of the third subtracter, an inverting terminal of the third amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the ninth resistor, and connected to an output terminal of the third amplifier via the eleventh resistor, an output terminal of the third amplifier functions as the output terminal of the third subtracter, a second terminal of the ninth resistor functions as the first input terminal of the third subtracter; wherein a non-inverting terminal of the fourth amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the thirteenth resistor, and is grounded via the fifteenth resistor, a second terminal of the thirteenth resistor functions as the second input terminal of the fourth subtracter, an inverting terminal of the fourth amplifier is connected to a first terminal of the fourteenth resistor, and connected to an output terminal of the fourth amplifier via the sixteenth resistor, the output terminal of the fourth amplifier functions as the output terminal of the fourth subtracter, a second terminal of the fourteenth resistor functions as the first input terminal of the fourth subtracter.