Intelligent standby concept

Author

Mozar, Stefan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Singapore Polytech., Singapore

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

182

Abstract

Modern consumer electronic products like TVs, VCRs, laser disc players, and Hi-Fi equipment offer users the convenience of switching the equipment on and off via a remote control handset. When this type of equipment is switched off, it is said to be in standby mode. In standby mode the equipment still has the power supply operating in order to provide power for the microcontroller and other standby circuitry. This power is typically ten Watts or higher. An intelligent standby circuit is described, whereby a combination of software and hardware interact in order to reduce the standby power. This method allows the power supply to be disconnected from the mains supply

Keywords

Hi-Fi equipment; consumer electronics; emergency power supply; intelligent control; microcontrollers; power consumption; telecommunication power supplies; telecontrol; television receivers; video tape recorders; Hi-Fi equipment; TV; VCR; consumer electronic products; intelligent standby circuit; laser disc players; mains supply; microcontroller; power supply; power supply disconnection; remote control handset; software; standby mode; standby power reduction; Circuits; Consumer electronics; Emergency power supplies; Hardware; Laser modes; Microcontrollers; Optical control; Power supplies; Telephone sets; Video recording;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.826396

Filename

826396