Circuit to improve light load power factor of power supply

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PATENT NO 8659919
APP PUB NO 20110080144A1
SERIAL NO

12896259

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A circuit to improve the power factor of a power supply at light load, the circuit including a rectifier bridge, a filter positioned before or after the rectifier bridge, a logic control and power drive circuit, a switching transistor, a light load detecting circuit configured to output a control signal to the logic control and power drive circuit which controls the switching transistor to conduct when a heavy load is experienced and to cut off when a light load is experienced, in order to control the working status of the filter capacitor, and a power factor correction circuit.

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THINKLUX (ZHEJIANG) LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CO LTD310051 NO 266 NO 5 SKY ABOVE HUBEI AND HUNAN ROAD XI XING STREET BINJIANG DISTRICT HANGZHOU ZHEJIANG PROVINCE CITY BUILDING 1-3 FLOOR HANGZHOU CITY ZHEJIANG PROVINCE 310051

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ge, Liangan Zhejiang, CN 6 125
Hua, Guichao Zhejiang, CN 35 650
Ren, Lijun Zhejiang, CN 14 78
Yao, Xiaoli Zhejiang, CN 25 228

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