发明名称 Apparatus and method for fan auto-detection
摘要 An apparatus for detecting a type of fan and controlling the fan, the fan providing during operation a tachometer signal indicating a speed of the fan, the apparatus includes: a direct current (DC) generator for coupling to the fan and configured to provide a first voltage to the fan; a resistor for providing, while the DC generator provides the first voltage, a sensed voltage relating to the type of the fan, wherein the resistor is connected to a reference voltage and for coupling to a pulse-width modulation (PWM) control terminal of the fan; an input judgment component coupled to the resistor to receive the sensed voltage, the input judgment component being configured to determine whether the fan is a 4-wire PWM fan with an internal pull-up resistor based on the sensed voltage and to provide a judgment signal indicating the determination; a PWM generator coupled to the input judgment component to receive the judgment signal, the PWM generator being configured to provide to the fan a PWM control signal to control the fan if the judgment signal indicates that the fan is the 4-wire PWM fan with an internal pull-up resistor; and a tachometer coupled to the DC generator and the PWM generator, the tachometer being configured to receive the tachometer signal to detect a change in the speed of the fan.
申请公布号 US2009169188(A1) 申请公布日期 2009.07.02
申请号 US20080003825 申请日期 2008.01.02
申请人 WINBOND ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 发明人 HUANG SHIH-FENG;LU CHIA-CHING;HUNG MING-CHE
分类号 H02P7/29 主分类号 H02P7/29
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