- Patent Title: Zero current detection circuit for converter soft switching control
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Application No.: US15230061Application Date: 2016-08-05
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Publication No.: US10256717B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Zhong Ye , Sanatan Rajagopalan
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Tuenlap Chan; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/42
- IPC: H02M1/42 ; H02M7/219 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/12

Abstract:
A circuit includes a zero current detector (ZCD) circuit that senses an inductor current of an inductor and generates signal pulses indicating when an increasing cycle of the inductor current crosses a predetermined current value and when a decreasing cycle of the inductor current crosses the predetermined current value. A sync control provides a control signal specifying one of the signal pulses corresponding to the increasing or decreasing cycle of the inductor current. A sync selector circuit generates a sync pulse representing the signal pulse from the ZCD in response to the control signal. The sync pulse triggers a timing adjustment for a switch device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170040899A1 ZERO CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR CONVERTER SOFT SWITCHING CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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