Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driver circuit for a resonant converter, related integrated circuit, electronic converter and method
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Application No.: US17006022Application Date: 2020-08-28
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Publication No.: US11387739B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Claudio Adragna
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT102019000015237 20190829
- Main IPC: H02M3/335
- IPC: H02M3/335 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M3/00 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A driver circuit for a resonant converter includes a comparator that generates a first control signal indicating when a resonant current changes sign. A first ramp generator circuit outputs a first ramp signal, and a comparison circuit determines whether the first ramp signal reaches a reference threshold. The driver circuit drives a half-bridge via drive signals during consecutive first second switching semi-periods, each of which ends when the comparison circuit indicates the first ramp signal has reached a reference threshold. A control circuit generates in each of the first and the second switching semi-periods control signals indicating a first interval and a second interval. A correction circuit modifies the first ramp signal to have a first gradient value during the first interval and a second gradient value during the second interval. Alternatively, the correction circuit modifies a reference threshold by adding a second ramp signal to an initial threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210067046A1 DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR A RESONANT CONVERTER, RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC CONVERTER AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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