Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control circuitry for increasing power output in quasi-resonant converters
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Application No.: US16003331Application Date: 2018-06-08
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Publication No.: US10778082B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Akshat Jain
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiphol
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics International N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiphol
- Agency: Crowe & Dunlevy
- Main IPC: H05B6/06
- IPC: H05B6/06 ; H05B6/12 ; H02H3/20 ; H02H7/10 ; H02M1/32 ; H03K17/082 ; H05B6/10 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M7/04

Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a circuit including a transistor, with a resonant tank coupled between a DC supply node and a first conduction terminal of the transistor. A gate driver generates a gate drive signal for biasing a control terminal of the transistor to cause it to conduct current through the resonant tank. Control circuitry monitors a voltage across the transistor to determine that the transistor is an overvoltage condition if that voltage exceeds a threshold, and monitors a current through the transistor to determine that the transistor is an overcurrent condition if that current exceeds a threshold. If overvoltage is determined, the control circuitry causes the gate driver to pull up the gate drive signal. If overcurrent is determined, the control circuitry causes the gate driver to pull down the gate drive signal. If either overvoltage or overcurrent is present, a pulse width of the gate drive signal is reduced.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190379277A1 CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR INCREASING POWER OUTPUT IN QUASI-RESONANT CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2019-12-12
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