Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring SMPS power switch voltage via switch drain source capacitance
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Application No.: US15850177Application Date: 2017-12-21
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Publication No.: US10784785B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Salvatore Giombanco , Filippo Marino
- 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 Mark Allen Valetti; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M3/335
- IPC: H02M3/335 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A switch-mode power supply includes a power transistor, a transformer, and detection circuitry. The transformer includes a primary winding that is coupled to a drain terminal of the power transistor. The detection circuitry is coupled to a source terminal of the power transistor. The detection circuitry is operable to monitor signal present on the drain terminal via parasitic drain-source capacitance of the power transistor while the power transistor is switched off, and to detect demagnetization of a secondary winding of the transformer via the monitored signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190199196A1 MONITORING SMPS POWER SWITCH VOLTAGE Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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