Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
323290000 | With inductor in control circuit | 30 |
20090021233 | PWM CONTROLLER WITH OUTPUT CURRENT LIMITATION - A PWM controller with output current limitation makes the over-current limitations almost the same even though the input voltages are different. The designer does not need to use high specification components or add an output current limiting circuit against the over-current condition. Costs are reduced and the layout is simplified. The switch power supply includes a transformer, a power switch, a first detecting circuit for generating a first detecting signal, a second detecting circuit for generating a second detecting signal, and a controller. The transformer converts the power and outputs the power to the secondary side. The power switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a controlled terminal. The controller has a control terminal, a first detecting terminal for receiving the first detecting signal, and a second detecting terminal for receiving the second detecting signal. The controller performs a protecting operation according to the received signals. | 01-22-2009 |
20090079410 | DC/DC Converter - A DC/DC converter includes a main switching element and a subordinate switching element, and is arranged to supply power to load via a coil. The ON-time of a subordinate switching element in a succeeding cycle is controlled based on a period of time tdif from the time when the subordinate switching element is turned off until the time when voltage at the point of connection of the two switching elements reaches a predetermined threshold value. | 03-26-2009 |
20090128116 | SWITCHING REGULATOR - A switching regulator includes a switching element that switches between on and off according to a control signal, an inductor that is charged with the input voltage by switching of the switching element, a rectification element that discharges the inductor when the switching element is off and charging the inductor is stopped, a differential amplifier that amplifies a difference between a voltage proportional to the output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage, a voltage change detection circuit that detects changes in the output voltage, and a control circuit that causes the switching element to switch between on and off in a predetermined cycle depending on a voltage output from the differential amplifier. The control circuit turns on the switching element regardless of the predetermined cycle when the voltage change detection circuit detects that a decrease in the output voltage exceeds a predetermined first reference value. | 05-21-2009 |
20090146633 | STEP-UP SWITCHING REGULATOR AND ITS CONTROL CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EMPLOYING IT - A switching transistor has a source connected to the ground and a drain connected to the first terminal. The other end of an inductor whose one end is to be connected to the first terminal is connected to the second terminal. An input voltage is applied to the third terminal. An auxiliary transistor is disposed between the second terminal and the third terminal. A first soft start circuit generates a first soft start voltage that increases with lapse of time, and a second soft start circuit generates a second soft start voltage that increases with a delay to the first soft start voltage. An error amplifier controls the gate voltage of the auxiliary transistor on the basis of the error voltage between the output voltage and the first soft start voltage. | 06-11-2009 |
20090146634 | Single integrator sensorless current mode control for a switching power converter - A single integrator sensorless current mode control scheme for a switching power converter requires an amplifier circuit which produces an first current that varies with the difference V | 06-11-2009 |
20090146635 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING INDUCTOR CURRENT SENSING ACCURACY OF A DC/DC VOLTAGE REGULATOR - The DC/DC voltage converter comprises at least one switching transistor. An inductor is connected to the at least one switching transistor. A pulse width modulation circuit generates control signals to at least one switching transistor responsive to a current control signal. A current sensor connected in parallel with the inductor senses current passing through the inductor. The sensor comprises a resistor and an NTC capacitor connected in series with the resistor. Circuitry for monitoring the voltage across the NTC capacitor generates the current control signal responsive to the monitored voltage. | 06-11-2009 |
20090153124 | DC-TO-DC CONVERTER - A DC-to-DC converter includes a DC-to-DC conversion unit for converting an input voltage into an output voltage by switching operation of the switching element according to a drive signal and supplying the output voltage to a load and a control unit for generating the drive signal. The control unit includes a determination circuit for determining whether the load is in a normal operation state or a standby state, an error amplifier for generating an error signal according to the output voltage, a first drive-signal generator for generating a pulse sequence of pulses each having a pulse width according to the error signal, and a second drive-signal generator for generating a pulse having a pulse width larger than a cycle of repetition of the pulses in the pulse sequence when the voltage according to the output voltage falls below the reference voltage and the load is in the standby state. | 06-18-2009 |
20090189587 | High accuracy average output current control scheme for power current converter in critical DCM - High accuracy average output current control scheme for power current converter in critical DCM is composed of the reference block to generate preset reference; the reference calculation block, based on the power current converter's power topology, the correspondent algorithm is calculated to convert the input reference into correspondent output; the state detecting block, the states of power current converter are detected and the detected signals are converted into the same signal format as one of output from reference calculation block; the error detector is used to detect the error between the outputs from reference calculation block and state detected block and to trigger power driver block to turn off the power switch in the power current converter as the error is cross over zero; the zero state detector is used to detect when the states of the power current converter are cross over zero and trigger power driver block to turn on the power switch in the power current converter; the power driver block is controlled with both the error detector and the zero state detector to drive the power switch in the power current converter; based on the correspondent algorithm, the output of power driver block may be used for synchronizing calculation. | 07-30-2009 |
20090289612 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY AND PORTABLE DEVICE - A switching power supply includes a switching element connected to a power supply voltage and performs ON and OFF operation; a control circuit; a coil; a capacitor connected to the coil and performs a rectifying operation with the coil; an oscillator to output an oscillator signal to the control circuit; a first comparator for comparing a current detection voltage which transforms a detection current flowing through the coil into a voltage, and the feedback voltage according to a difference of a voltage according to an output voltage with a reference voltage; and a second comparator for comparing a deep threshold voltage set as a value higher than the current detection voltage and is lower than the power supply voltage, with the feedback voltage. A Deep Simple Light Load Mode control is introduced to improve efficiency in a light or no-load area in addition to PWM mode in a heavy loading. | 11-26-2009 |
20100097045 | Single inductor multiple output power supply - Single inductor based switching regulators are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a switching regulator can include: (i) output switches coupled to a common inductor node and to a corresponding output supply node, where each output supply node has a voltage converted from an input voltage received at an input supply node; (ii) an inductor coupled to the common inductor node and to first and second input switches, where the first input switch is coupled to ground, and the second input switch is coupled to the input supply node, the first and second switches controlling charge through the inductor; and (iii) a control circuit receiving feedback signals indicating output voltages on the output supply nodes, the control circuit controlling the output switches for regulation of the output voltages in response to the feedback signals. | 04-22-2010 |
20100123447 | OVER POWER COMPENSATION IN SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLIES - An over-power compensation circuit for use in a switched mode power supply having a current sense circuit for sensing a current flowing through a power transistor of the switched mode power supply. The over-power compensation circuit includes a peak detector, a sample-and-hold circuit, a current offset generator, and an offset resistor. The peak detector has an input for receiving an input voltage derived from the input line, and an output. The sample-and-hold circuit has an input connected to the output of the peak detector, and an output. The current offset generator has an input connected to the output of the sample-and-hold circuit, and an output for providing an offset current. The offset resistor has a first terminal connected to the output of the current offset generator, and a second terminal adapted to be connected to a current conducting electrode of the power transistor. | 05-20-2010 |
20100127685 | POWER SOURCE APPARATUS - A power source apparatus has a power source unit (AC, DB, Ci), a pair of reactors L | 05-27-2010 |
20100148743 | ACTIVE FILTERING DEVICE FOR A POWER SUPPLY - The invention relates to an active filter device for a power supply comprising a source having a source of current i | 06-17-2010 |
20100213915 | SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHING DEVICE - A semiconductor switching device includes a power control part, which includes a voltage dropping chopper circuit having a first switching element and a first diode, a voltage boosting chopper circuit having a second switching element and a second diode, and an inductance. And the inductance is connected such that an unusual current caused by the arm short circuit is forced to pass through the inductance. | 08-26-2010 |
20100225293 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR TRANSITION BETWEEN MULTIPLE MODULATION MODES IN A SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER - In a switching power converter, PWM mode and PFM mode are separated into two independent control sections with the control voltage range in each control section determined independently. Each of the PWM and PFM modulation modes cannot operate continuously beyond its boundaries, thereby forming a control gap between the two control sections within which no continuous operation is allowed. In order to supply a load condition within the control gap, the power supply operates at the two boundaries of the control gap. Transition between PWM and PFM modes occurs fast, with low output voltage ripple. No limitation needs to be imposed on the control voltage range in each of the PWM and PFM control sections, because the control parameters in the PWM and PFM control sections need not be matched to one another, due to separation of the PWM and PFM modes by the control gap. | 09-09-2010 |
20110095743 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit arranged in a circuit board to supply a determined voltage to an element is disclosed. The power supply circuit includes a single-phase pulse width modulation (PWM) signal controller, two transistors, two field-effect transistors (FETs), and two inductors. The PWM signal controller is triggered via the two transistors and respectively alternately outputs a high level voltage signal and a low level voltage signal to alternately control the two FETs to be turned on and turned off, to output the determined voltage. | 04-28-2011 |
20110140679 | Switching Capacitor-PWM Power Converter - A power converter topology operates as a switching capacitor (capacitive voltage divider) converter during a first, preferably short portion of a switching cycle to provide excellent dynamic transient response and as a pulse width modulated converter during a second portion of a switching cycle to provide flexibility of voltage regulation and generality of application. This topology can be made self-driven and is capable of zero voltage switching. Therefore the power converter can be used as one of a plurality of branches of a multi-phase converter to enhance transient response. The respective branches can also be independently optimized for particular load levels and can be operated independently in a phase shedding manner to improve efficiency at low load. Further, the power converter or respective branches of a multi-phase power converter are compatible with non-linear control to further improve dynamic response. | 06-16-2011 |
20110156689 | POWER CONVERTER HAVING A SWITCH COUPLED BETWEEN WINDINGS - An example power converter includes a first winding, a second winding, a switch, and a controller. The second winding is magnetically coupled to the first winding and the switch is coupled between the first winding and the second winding such that a current flows through the first winding, the second winding and the switch when the switch is in an ON state. The controller is coupled to control the switch to regulate an output of the power converter in response to a feedback signal. | 06-30-2011 |
20120105042 | SWITCHING APPARATUS - A switching apparatus is disclosed that includes a first loop circuit configured to include a switching element, an inductive component and a capacitor; and a second loop circuit configured to share the inductive component with the first loop circuit, wherein the capacitor is inserted in series with the inductive component in the first loop, wherein the switching apparatus controls respective currents flowing through the first loop circuit and the second loop circuit in an alternating manner by turning on/off the switching element in order to control the current flowing through the inductive component, and wherein a first magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the first loop circuit as the switching element is being turned on and a second magnetic flux generated by the current flowing through the second loop circuit as the switching element is being turned off head in the same direction. | 05-03-2012 |
20120139519 | LOSSLESS INDUCTOR CURRENT SENSING IN A SWITCH-MODE POWER SUPPLY - A lossless inductor current sense technique integrates a matched, tunable complimentary filter with a switch mode power supply (SMPS) controller for accurately measuring current through the power inductor of the SMPS without introducing losses in the power circuit. The complimentary filter can be adjusted in-circuit to significantly reduce the effects of component tolerances, accurately measuring the power inductor current for over current protection and/or closed loop control. The frequency pole and gain of the complimentary integrated filter can be adjusted on the fly in order to adapt to dynamically changing operating conditions of the SMPS system. | 06-07-2012 |
20120249107 | COUPLED INDUCTOR TO FACILITATE INTEGRATED POWER DELIVERY - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a surface mounted device (SMD) inductor, the SMD inductor including at least two counter wound aircoils formed on a same SMD former; wherein the at least two counter wound aircoils are connected to three terminals on the SMD former, wherein a single terminal is connected to a common node of both windings with two independent terminals accessing the other winding node. | 10-04-2012 |
20130093407 | DC-DC CONVERTER - Disclosed is a DC-DC converter, including: a switch unit configured to generate output voltage for driving a load; an output voltage monitoring unit including a reference voltage generator generating reference voltage and a reference voltage capacitor maintaining the reference voltage when power of the reference voltage generator is interrupted and configured to generate a signal for setting the output voltage as the reference voltage; a switch controlling unit configured to control the switch unit by being operated in a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode or a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode by using the signal of the output voltage monitoring unit; and a mode determining and power interrupting unit configured to set an operating mode of the switch controlling unit as the PWM mode or the PFM mode according to a magnitude of the load and interrupt power of the reference voltage generator when operated in the PFM mode. | 04-18-2013 |
20130320949 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AVERAGE CURRENT MODE DC-DC CONVERSION - An average current mode buck-boost DC to DC converter has a buck stage coupled between an input voltage source terminal and an output terminal. A boost stage is coupled between the input voltage source terminal and the output terminal. A current ramp control circuit generates a ramp signal for driving the buck and boost stages, the ramp signals being coupled to the buck and boost stages. A constant voltage related to the desired output voltage by a constant is applied directly to both a voltage control feedback loop for adjusting the output voltage and directly to an input to the current ramp control circuit, whereby the output voltage can be shifted from one voltage to another by feedforward control. | 12-05-2013 |
20140184188 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE - In some aspects of the invention, a power conversion device includes a semiconductor switch series circuit configured by connecting semiconductor switches in series, a capacitor series circuit configured by connecting capacitors in series, a reactor L connected between the series connection point of the semiconductor switches and the series connection point of the capacitors and a direct current power source connected in parallel to the capacitor. The semiconductor switch series circuit and capacitor series circuit are connected in parallel, a load is connected between the parallel connection points of the two circuits and the semiconductor switches are turned on and off, thereby raising a direct current power source voltage and supplying it to the load. By way of some aspects of the invention, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of a device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140320104 | ADVANCED CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHED-MODE DC-DC CONVERTER - A circuit for controlling a switched-mode DC-DC converter. An inductor is connected between a switching node and an output node, and an output capacitor is connected in series with the inductor. An RC circuit is connected in parallel with the inductor to compensate for ripple voltage. In a discontinuous current mode, a pulse is applied to the switching node and then removed. In this mode, an RC time constant for the RC circuit is increased during the falling edge of a difference signal such that the difference signal does not drop below zero. | 10-30-2014 |
20150022176 | Power Converter with inductance invariance - An improved power converter is disclosed. | 01-22-2015 |
20150061632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EQUIVALENT SERIES INDUCTANCE CANCELLATION - An equivalent series inductance (ESL) cancel circuit for a regulator for adjusting a feedback voltage by attenuating a magnitude of a square wave ripple voltage developed on an output voltage. The regulator includes an output inductor and an output capacitor, in which the capacitor has an ESL which forms an inductive voltage divider with the output inductor causing the square wave voltage ripple. The ESL cancel circuit may include first and second current sources and a resistor device coupled between the output node and an adjust node which is further coupled to a feedback input of the regulator. The first current source applies a current proportional to the output voltage to the adjust node. The second current source selectively applies a current proportional to the input voltage of the regulator based on a state of the pulse control signal. | 03-05-2015 |
20150108961 | FREQUENCY DEPENDENT ANALOG BOOST CONVERTER FOR LOW VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS - An analog open-loop self-oscillating boost converter is provided including: an output terminal for supplying an output voltage bus; an input terminal for receiving variable input power; a varactor positioned in series with the input terminal; and an oscillating network having an inductor, a resistor and a capacitor in a parallel orientation, the oscillating network connected to a semiconductor device and the varactor. | 04-23-2015 |
20150115926 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - There is provided a power supply device including: a SEPIC/Zeta converter having an energy storage unit; and a power transmitting unit transmitting the energy stored in the SEPIC/Zeta converter to a load stage. | 04-30-2015 |
20160105106 | CONTROLLER AND POWER CONVERTER USING THE SAME - The object of the present invention is to provide a controller, and a power converter using the same, which can expand the range of a voltage applied to a load. | 04-14-2016 |