Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
363024000 | Double-ended (i.e., push-pull), separately-driven type | 40 |
20080253152 | Method for Reducing Body Diode Conduction in NMOS Synchronous Rectifiers - A switching regulator that practices the current invention includes a high-side switch M1 connected between an input voltage and a node L | 10-16-2008 |
20080273355 | Dual output programmable power supply - A dual output programmable power supply is disclosed. The dual output programmable power supply includes an AC input train including an active power factor correction circuit, a half-bridge square wave driver coupled to the AC input train through a boot strap circuit, and a pair of primary side transistors coupled to a transformer, the primary side transistors being driven by the half-bridge square wave driver. Four transistors in a bridge configuration are coupled to a transformer secondary side and to a DC input, the four transistors being driven as a bridge of active synchronous rectifiers by a full-bridge gate driver in an AC mode of operation, and the four transistors being driven as a full-bridge square wave converter by the full-bridge gate driver in a DC mode of operation. A pair of DC/DC converters is coupled to an output of the four transistors in the bridge configuration, each DC/DC converter providing a regulated output. A programmable controller is coupled to the full-bridge gate driver and the pair of DC/DC converters, the programmable controller being operable to select between the AC and DC modes of operation and to regulate the DC/DC converter outputs. | 11-06-2008 |
20090161391 | DOUBLE-ENDED ISOLATED DC-DC CONVERTER - In a double-ended isolated DC-DC converter, by using a main transformer and first and second pulse transformers, a first power switch of a primary side circuit and a first synchronous rectifier of a secondary side circuit are driven with complementary timing, and a second power switch of the primary side circuit and a second synchronous rectifier of the secondary side circuit are driven with complementary timing. A first turn-off edge signal and a first turn-on edge signal generated in a primary side control circuit are transmitted to the secondary side via the first pulse transformer so as to generate a driving signal of the first synchronous rectifier. In addition, a second turn-off edge signal and a second turn-on edge signal generated in a primary side circuit are transmitted to the secondary side via the second pulse transformer so as to generate a driving signal of the second synchronous rectifier. | 06-25-2009 |
20110051473 | SWITCHING INVERTERS AND CONVERTERS FOR POWER CONVERSION - A switching inverter having two single-ended EF | 03-03-2011 |
20110149616 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR A SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - A pulsed drive signal without a dead band can be achieved by a drive circuit arranged to receive opposite pulsed input signals (PWM drive A, PWM drive B), having a dead band between them,—a transformer arranged to receive the input signals (PWM drive A, PWM drive B) and output intermediary signals (A′, B′),—time delay circuitry (RA, DA, RB, DB) arranged to receive the intermediary signals, and to provide buffer input signals (A′, B′), corresponding to the intermediary signals, but with a ramped up transition from low to high signal,—a first and a second buffer stage arranged to receive the first and second buffer input signals, respectively, and produce the first and the second drive output signal corresponding to the first and second pulsed input signal but with the transition from high to low signal delayed to reduce the dead band. | 06-23-2011 |
20120155124 | THREE-PHASE POWER SUPPLY WITH THREE-PHASE THREE-LEVEL DC/DC CONVERTER - A three-phase power supply with a three-phase three-level DC/DC converter includes a full-bridge thyristor converter with three-set four in-series power switch elements, a three-phase isolated transformer, a full-bridge rectifier, a rectifying circuit, and a low-pass filtering circuit. The three-phase power supply is used to deliver power energy from the AC input voltage to the load. The power switch elements, which separated to each other at 120-degree phase differences, are controlled through a phase shift scheme. Therefore, the three-level circuit structure is provided to reduce withstanding voltage of the power switch elements, further the zero-voltage switching (ZVS) is achieved by the isolated transformer and the power switch elements to increase the efficiency of the DC/DC converter. | 06-21-2012 |
20130223109 | SMALL SIZE POWER SUPPLY - An electrical circuit as part of a reduced size power supply with improved use of electrical power can include an isolation circuit between an LC switching circuit and a load, a parallel LC energy storage circuit, and/or a dual LC switching circuit. | 08-29-2013 |
363025000 | With automatic control of the magnitude of output voltage or current | 33 |
20080239768 | DIRECT-CURRENT CONVERTER - A direct-current converter includes a high-frequency converting circuit converting voltage of a direct-current power source to alternating-current voltage, a transformer having primary and secondary windings P, S and a rectification smoothing circuit rectifying and smoothing voltage induced in the secondary winding. This converting circuit includes other transformer having first and second windings n | 10-02-2008 |
20090010028 | INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY, REMOTE DEVICE POWERED BY INDUCTIVE POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An inductive power supply includes a transceiver for sending information between the remote device and the inductive power supply. The remote device determines the actual voltage and then sends a command to the inductive power supply to change the operating frequency if the actual voltage is different from the desired voltage. In order to determine the actual voltage, the remote device determines a peak voltage and then applies a correction factor. | 01-08-2009 |
20090027927 | Switch mode power supply - A switch mode power supply according to the invention that can improve the reliability thereof includes a series circuit connected between the positive and negative electrodes of a DC power supply | 01-29-2009 |
20100039837 | ASYMMETRIC SWITCH FORWARD CONVERTER - A switching circuit for use in a power converter in one aspect includes a first and second active switch and a first and second passive switch. The first active switch can be coupled to a first terminal of a primary winding of a transformer. The second active switch can be coupled to a second terminal of the primary winding of the transformer. The output capacitance of the first active switch is greater than the output capacitance of the second active switch. The first passive switch can be coupled to the second active switch and to the second terminal of the primary winding. The second passive switch can be coupled to the first active switch and to the first terminal of the primary winding. The reverse recovery time of the first passive switch is greater than the reverse recovery time of the second passive switch. | 02-18-2010 |
20100073968 | FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH FORWARD CONVERTER RESET CLAMP - A power supply includes a first power converter, a second power converter, and a clamp reset circuit. The clamp reset circuit is electrically coupled to other components within the first power converter and the second power converter. A clamp standby connection can be provided to electrically couple the clamp reset circuit to components comprising the second power converter. The clamp reset circuit is coupled to reduce magnetizing energy of a transformer of the first power converter and limit voltage in a component of the second power converter. The clamp reset circuit may include a Zener diode and a resistor that are adapted to reduce magnetizing energy of the first power converter and voltage through the second power converter. The clamp reset circuit normally includes a capacitor that is adapted to store energy from the first power converter and the second power converter. | 03-25-2010 |
20100085782 | LOAD CURRENT DETECTION IN ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTERS - A resonant converter comprises switching circuitry ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100091526 | HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER CONVERTER - A power converter nearly losslessly delivers energy and recovers energy from capacitors associated with controlled rectifiers in a secondary winding circuit, each controlled rectifier having a parallel uncontrolled rectifier. First and second primary switches in series with first and second primary windings, respectively, are turned on for a fixed duty cycle, each for approximately one half of the switching cycle. Switched transition times are short relative to the on-state and off-state times of the controlled rectifiers. The control inputs to the controlled rectifiers are cross-coupled from opposite secondary transformer windings. | 04-15-2010 |
20100220505 | DC/DC CONVERTER - A DC/DC converter has three half-bridge-type current resonant DC/DC converters that are connected in parallel, have a phase difference of 120 degrees, and are operated at a frequency higher than a resonant frequency. Each of the three half-bridge-type current resonant DC/DC converters includes a transformer having a primary winding, a secondary winding, and a tertiary winding, a series circuit connected to both ends of a DC power source and including first and second switching elements, a series circuit connected to both ends of the first or second switching element and including a resonant reactor, the primary winding of the transformer, and a resonant capacitor, and a rectifying circuit to rectify a voltage generated by the secondary winding and output the rectified voltage to a smoothing capacitor. The tertiary windings are annularly connected to a reactor. | 09-02-2010 |
20110026279 | Frequency-hopping control method and module, and DC/DC converter - A frequency-hopping control method is performed by a frequency-hopping control module that generates a driving signal for driving a voltage converting circuit to generate an output voltage. The method includes, generating a control signal according to a regulating signal inversely proportional to the output voltage of the voltage converting circuit. The control signal is cyclical, and each cycle of which includes an off-time having a variable duration with an inverse relation to magnitude of the regulating signal, and an on-time having a substantially fixed duration. The driving signal is generated according to the control signal and a periodic pulse signal. Therefore, the output voltage can be stabilized, and the voltage converting circuit can perform voltage conversion with reduced power loss and improved voltage conversion efficiency. | 02-03-2011 |
20110280049 | POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS - A power converting apparatus is configured with single-phase sub-converters ( | 11-17-2011 |
20120250369 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - An isolated power conversion apparatus has an isolation transformer, a series circuit including a load and an inductor connected in series with each other, the series circuit being disposed on a secondary side of the isolation transformer, and one or a plurality of switching means disposed between the series circuit and the secondary side of the isolation transformer, the switching means being bidirectional. This apparatus sends out power from a DC power supply of a primary side of the isolation transformer toward the load as DC power or AC power of an arbitrary polarity, or regenerates and supplies the DC power or AC power from the load to the DC power supply. | 10-04-2012 |
20140022826 | QUASI RESONANT PUSH-PULL CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to a quasi-resonant push-pull converter and the method for controlling the same, said push-pull converter comprising: a direct current (DC) input power supply configured to supply DC input for the converter; a first power input unit and a second power input unit, connected to said DC input power supply, respectively and configured to supply input for the converter in different periods, comprising a first power switching tube and a second power switching tube, a first primary winding and a second primary winding; a power output circuit, configured to supply output of the converter, comprising secondary windings and full-bridge rectification circuits; a first output capacitor and a second output capacitor connected to said power output circuit and configured to store DC electric energy output by the power output circuit in which a resonant element is arranged to achieve a quasi-resonant switching circuit through voltage feedback; and a switching circuit being controlled through voltage feedback, whereby turns ratio of the primary windings and the secondary windings of the push-pull converter is controlled. | 01-23-2014 |
20140293662 | SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY WITH A SIMPLIFIED START-UP SUPPLY - A switched mode power supply (SMPS) is disclosed in which a simple primary side controller is used to send a single pulse of energy to the secondary side to switch on an output voltage controller. The pulse is sent across the main power train and a filtering arrangement is provided on the secondary side to minimise the energy at the output of the SMPS while maximising the energy supplied to the output voltage controller. Advantageously, the SMPS is configured such that the maximum amount of energy transferred from the primary side to the secondary side during a start-up operation is inherently limited. Protection against short circuit conditions and malfunctions is therefore provided without requiring complicated circuitry. | 10-02-2014 |
20140362616 | HIGH VOLTAGE SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A dual resonance circuit is formed of two transformers, two resonance inductors and two resonance capacitors for a resonance type switching power supply employing parallel connected transformers. The secondary winding of the transformer is configured in a center tap structure, and a top and bottom symmetrical voltage multiplying rectifier is connected to the secondary winding coupled with the parallel connected transformers, thereby obtaining the same effect as when one transformer is used. The present invention achieves a low loss in the typical resonance type half bridge power supply even though two transformers are employed, and the switching power supply with a lowered height and thinned structure can be provided with the aid of the optimized arrangements of the resonance devices. The internal power loss can be lowered by using two parallel connected transformers as compared to a resonance type switching power supply which employs one transformer. | 12-11-2014 |
20140376281 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVCE - A switching power supply device wherein an input voltage is stepped-up by first and second switching elements that are driven on and off in a complementary way, thus obtaining a stabilized output voltage. The switching power supply device includes a comparator that detects fluctuation in an operating reference potential of the second switching element accompanying fluctuation in the input voltage, and a drive signal generator circuit that carries out a logical operation on an output control signal, a dead time signal, and the output signal of the comparator, thus generating first and second drive signals that determine the on-state time of the first and second switching elements. | 12-25-2014 |
20150381065 | DOUBLE-ENDED FORWARD CONVERTER AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A double-ended forward converter includes: a first switching element and a second switching element that are coupled to a primary side of a transformer; a pulse generation circuit that generates a pulse signal for controlling the first and second switching elements; an isolation transformer that converts the pulse signal into an alternating-current signal; a rectifier circuit that rectifies the alternating-current signal and generate gate voltages of the first and second switching elements; a driver circuit that includes a third switching element which drives gates of the first and second switching elements, a voltage generated on a secondary side of the isolation transformer being input to a gate of the third switching element; and a minus bias generation circuit that generates a source voltage of the third switching, based on a change in the voltage generated on the secondary side of the isolation transformer. | 12-31-2015 |
20160006355 | SWITCHED MODE DRIVE CIRCUIT - A switched mode drive circuit | 01-07-2016 |
20160072388 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIPHASE RESONANT DC/DC CONVERTER, AND CORRESPONDING MULTIPHASE CONVERTER - The control method according to the invention concerns a multiphase resonant DC/DC converter comprising a plurality of identical elementary DC/DC converters connected in parallel. Supply currents (IR1, IR2, . . . IRn) are measured in the elementary DC/DC converters in order to balance these same currents. According to the method, switching frequencies of the elementary DC/DC converters are controlled on the basis of the supply currents in such a way as to achieve the balance. Another feature involves setting the supply currents to a common reference intensity (Iref) determined on the basis of a difference between an output voltage (Vo) of the multiphase converter and a nominal voltage (Vref). | 03-10-2016 |
363026000 | Utilizing pulse-width modulation | 15 |
20080259657 | Boosting Technique for a Bi-Directional Switch in a Power Converter - A bi-directional switch for a power converter comprises first and second transistors (SW | 10-23-2008 |
20080285313 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL A DIGITAL POWER SUPPLY - Methods and apparatus to control a digital power supply are disclosed. An example method includes controlling a power factor controller by: receiving a first current signal flowing in a first stage of the power factor controller, receiving a second current signal flowing in a second stage of the power factor controller, determining a difference between the first current signal and the second current signal, determining if the magnitude of a measured current signal is above a predetermined threshold, activating an integrator to integrate the difference when the magnitude of the measured current signal is above a predetermined threshold, and outputting a first control signal and a second control signal to the power factor controller based on the output of the integrator. | 11-20-2008 |
20080291703 | SIGNAL CONVERTING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD - A signal converting apparatus is disclosed and includes a swing range converting unit converting an error signal swinging in a first swing range to an adjusted error signal swinging in a second swing range, an oscillator generating a periodic oscillation signal swinging in approximately the second swing range, and a comparator receiving and comparing the adjusted error signal and the oscillation signal, and generating a pulse-width modulated signal in relation to the comparison. | 11-27-2008 |
20080310195 | Bidirectional DC to DC Converter for Power Storage Control in a Power Scavenging Application - A bidirectional DC to DC converter having a first operational mode and a second operational mode includes a first terminal pair that has a positive terminal and a negative terminal and that connects the converter to a first electric circuit, a second terminal pair that has a positive terminal and a negative terminal and that connects the converter to a second electric circuit, an accumulation element for temporary accumulation of electric energy; and a switching circuit connected to the first terminal pair, the second terminal pair, and the accumulation element. Electric energy is transferred from the first electric circuit to the second electric circuit via the accumulation element in the first operational mode of the bidirectional DC to DC converter and, from the second electric circuit to the first electric circuit via the accumulation element in the second operational mode of the DC to DC converter. | 12-18-2008 |
20090046484 | Power supply for an electronic system - According to prior art, a clock frequency increase for clocked high-frequency integrated circuits, in particular microprocessors, reaches a current physical limit of approximately 3 GHz, as dynamic current modifications cannot be sufficiently compensated. The aim of the invention is to provide a power supply for electronic systems with a double-figure GHz range. To permit the rapid compensation of dynamic current modifications, the current compensation circuit ( | 02-19-2009 |
20090046485 | AUXILIARY TURN-ON MECHANISMS FOR REDUCING CONDUCTION LOSS IN BODY-DIODE OF LOW SIDE MOSFET OF COUPLED-INDUCTOR DC-DC CONVERTER - Conduction loss in the body-diode of a low side MOSFET of a power switching stage of one phase of a coupled-inductor, multi-phase DC-DC converter circuit, associated with current flow in the output inductor of that one phase that is induced by current flow in a mutually coupled output inductor of another phase, during normal switching of that other stage, is effectively prevented by applying auxiliary MOSFET turn-on signals, that coincide with the duration of the induced current, to that low side MOSFET, so that the induced current will flow through the turned-on low side MOSFET itself, thereby by-passing its body-diode. | 02-19-2009 |
20090168466 | HALF BRIDGE CONVERTER - A half bridge converter having a pulse width control unit, a level regulating unit, a half bridge switch unit, an electricity converting unit and a feedback unit is disclosed. The level regulating unit receives a first DC electricity and boosting the first DC electricity to a working voltage level for forming a working electricity. The pulse width control unit produces a conduction cycle signal for controlling the half bridge switch unit to switch the working electricity to a conduction timing of the electricity converting unit, so that the electricity converting unit converts the working electricity to output a second DC electricity. The feedback unit draws a feedback signal from the second DC electricity to send to the level regulating unit for altering the voltage of the working electricity, so as to adjust the output of the electricity converting unit, thereby achieving voltage regulation. | 07-02-2009 |
20100020570 | RESONANT SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER WITH BURST MODE TRANSITION SHAPING - A resonant switching power converter having burst mode transitioning operates during low or zero load conditions with reduced audible noise and component stresses, while improving efficiency. Pulse bursts are generated with a beginning and/or ending pulse duration that differs from mid-burst pulse durations, in order to reduce an amplitude of transients otherwise generated at the beginning and/or end of the bursts. Alternatively, the spacing between the pulses at the beginning and/or end of the bursts may differ from the spacing between the pulses in the middle of the bursts to reduce the transient(s). A number of pulses at the beginning and/or end of the burst can also be set with gradually varying durations, to further reduce component stress and audible vibration in a transformer that couples the resonant tank to the output of the converter. | 01-28-2010 |
20100202167 | SOFT SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER WITH A VARIABLE SWITCHING FREQUENCY FOR IMPROVING OPERATION AND EFFICIENCY - A power converter according to the present invention comprises a resonant tank. The resonant tank is switched by a plurality of transistors. A control circuit generates a plurality of switching signals to control the transistors. The pulse widths of the switching signals are modulated for regulating an output voltage of the power converter. The control circuit is coupled to detect an input voltage of the power converter. The frequency of the switching signals is changed in response to the change of the input voltage or/and an output load of the power converter. | 08-12-2010 |
20100214807 | INTERNAL HIGH-VOLTAGE CURRENT SOURCE IN AN AC/DC POWER CONVERTER - AC/DC power converters having an under voltage lockout circuit with first and second thresholds and associated methods of operation are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the first threshold is greater than the second threshold. The under voltage lockout circuit is configured to enable a current source to charge the capacitor when the voltage across the capacitor is less than the second threshold. The under voltage lockout circuit is configured to shut off the current source and to enable a pulse width modulator circuit to switch a transistor when the voltage is greater than the first threshold. | 08-26-2010 |
20100271850 | POWER TRANSISTOR CHIP WITH BUILT-IN ENHANCEMENT MODE METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND APPLICATION CIRCUIT THEREOF - A power transistor chip with built-in enhancement mode metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor and application circuit thereof provides an enhancement mode metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor in association with two series connected resistors to act as a start-up circuit for the AC/DC voltage converter. The start-up circuit can be shut off after the pulse width modulation circuit of the AC/DC voltage converter circuit works normally and still capable of offering a function of brown out detection for the pulse width modulation circuit as well. Besides, the enhancement mode metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor is built in the power transistor chip without additional masks and processes during the power transistor chip being fabricated such that the entire manufacturing process is simplified substantively with the economical production cost. | 10-28-2010 |
20110157927 | CHARGE-MODE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A RESONANT CONVERTER - A control device for a resonant converter, the control device including a first circuit to integrate at least one signal indicating a half wave of a current circulating in a primary winding of a transformer; the first circuit is structured to generate at least a control signal of the switching circuit depending on the integrated signal. The control device includes a second circuit to impose the equality of a switching-on time period of the first and second switches. | 06-30-2011 |
20110182090 | SWITCHING CONTROLLER FOR POWER CONVERTERS - A switching controller for power converter comprises a current-sense circuit and a PWM circuit, The current-sense circuit receives high-voltage signal across a first switch to generate a current-sense signal. The PWM circuit generates a switching signal to control the first switch in response to the current-sense signal. The switching controller further comprises a delay circuit. The delay circuit receives the switching signal to generate a delayed switching signal. The current-sense signal and the high-voltage signal ramp up with the same slope during the delayed switching signal is enabled. The current-sense signal will be pulled down to a level of a ground reference during the delayed switching signal is disabled. A delay time provided by the delay circuit avoids the high-voltage signal at the instance which the first switch is being turned off being conducted to a first comparator and a second comparator via a second switch. | 07-28-2011 |
20130010503 | HYBRID CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR SERIES RESONANT CONVERTER - A DC to DC converter system, includes inverter circuitry having a first and a second switch, the inverter circuitry further configured to generate a first and a second gate control signal, the signals configured to open and close the first and second switch, respectively, and generate an AC signal from a DC input signal. The system further includes transformer circuitry configured to transform the AC signal into a sinusoidal AC signal, second stage circuitry configured to rectify the sinusoidal AC signal to a DC output signal, and hybrid control circuitry configured to modulate the first and second gate control signals, wherein the modulation comprises pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and pulse width modulation (PWM). | 01-10-2013 |
20140340947 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND POWER SUPPLY SWITCHING METHOD - A power supply device ( | 11-20-2014 |