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公开(公告)号:US11671018B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US17985494
申请日:2022-11-11
Inventor: Graeme G. Mackay , Jason W. Lawrence
CPC classification number: H02M3/1586 , H02M1/0025 , H02M3/1566 , H02M1/0009 , H02M1/15 , H02M1/44 , H02M3/157
Abstract: A method of randomizing inductor current in at least one of a plurality of parallel coupled peak/valley current-controlled power converters may include comparing the inductor current to a threshold to generate a comparison signal, delaying the comparison signal by a plurality of delay amounts to generate a plurality of delayed versions of the comparison signal, and randomly selecting one of the plurality of delayed versions of the comparison signal for controlling the inductor current during one or both of a charging state and a transfer state of the at least one of the plurality of parallel coupled peak/valley current-controlled power converters.
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公开(公告)号:US11333622B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-17
申请号:US16842482
申请日:2020-04-07
Inventor: Emmanuel Marchais , Carl Lennart Ståhl , Eric Lindemann , Jason W. Lawrence , Dayong Zhou
Abstract: A method for determining a direct current impedance of a transducer may include receiving an input signal indicative of an electrical power consumed by the transducer and calculating, by a thermal model of the transducer, the direct current impedance based on the electrical power.
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公开(公告)号:US11183849B1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US17154428
申请日:2021-01-21
Inventor: Graeme G. Mackay , Ajit Sharma , Jason W. Lawrence , Eric J. King
Abstract: A power delivery system may include a power converter configured to electrically couple to a power source and further configured to supply electrical energy to one or more loads electrically coupled to an output of the power converter, and control circuitry configured to select a constraint factor from a plurality of different constraint factors based on at least one of an input voltage to the power converter and a power level available to the power converter, and control the power converter in accordance with the constraint factor.
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公开(公告)号:US10231050B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-12
申请号:US15463377
申请日:2017-03-20
Inventor: Roger Serwy , Jason W. Lawrence , Firas Azrai , Jeffrey Allen May
IPC: H03G11/00 , H04R3/00 , H03F3/183 , H03F3/21 , H04R3/04 , H04R29/00 , H03G3/00 , H03G3/30 , H03G3/20
Abstract: A predictive brownout prevention system may be configured to prevent brownout of an audio output signal. Particularly, the brownout prevention system may be configured to receive information indicative of an amplitude of the audio input signal, receive information indicative of a condition of the power supply, receive information indicative of one or more of the following: 1) adaptive estimates of power supply conditions; 2) anticipated effects of power supply capacitance; and 3) condition of a load impedance, determine from the received information whether a brownout condition exists, and responsive to determining the brownout condition exists, generate the selectable attenuation signal to reduce an amplitude of the audio output signal such that the signal path attenuates the audio input signal or a derivative thereof in order to prevent brownout prior to propagation to the audio output of a portion of the audio input signal having the brownout condition.
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公开(公告)号:US12212241B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-28
申请号:US18061591
申请日:2022-12-05
Inventor: Jason W. Lawrence , Graeme G. Mackay
Abstract: A system for generating a plurality of switch control signals of a multiphase power converter may include a plurality of inputs, each input of the plurality of inputs configured to receive a respective control signal for controlling a respective phase of the multiphase power converter, and a plurality of control paths comprising a control path for each respective control signal, each control path configured to, for its respective control signal, control a switching period of the respective control signal for such control path based on a measure of alignment among the respective control signal for such control path and the other respective control signals of the other control paths.
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公开(公告)号:US12046986B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17119571
申请日:2020-12-11
Inventor: Jason W. Lawrence , Graeme G. Mackay
CPC classification number: H02M1/0025 , H02M3/1566 , H02M3/1584 , H02M3/1586 , H02M1/00 , H02M1/0009 , H02M1/15 , H02M3/04 , H02M3/157 , H02M3/1582 , H02M1/0025 , H02M1/0016
Abstract: A system may include a power converter configured to receive an input voltage and generate an output voltage and a controller configured to control operation of the power converter based on a comparison of the output voltage with at least one output voltage threshold and set the at least one output voltage threshold based on the input voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US11843317B2
公开(公告)日:2023-12-12
申请号:US17550492
申请日:2021-12-14
Inventor: Hasnain Akram , Graeme G. Mackay , Jason W. Lawrence
IPC: H02M3/158 , H02M1/00 , H02M1/32 , G01R19/165
CPC classification number: H02M3/158 , G01R19/16538 , H02M1/0009 , H02M1/0025 , H02M1/32
Abstract: A system may include a boost converter configured to receive an input voltage and boost the input voltage to an output voltage and control circuitry configured to enforce a maximum current limit to limit a current drawn by the boost converter and in response to the output voltage decreasing below the input voltage, dynamically increase the current above the maximum current limit to cause the output voltage to be approximately equal to the input voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US11695337B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-04
申请号:US17525463
申请日:2021-11-12
Inventor: Jason W. Lawrence , John L. Melanson , Eric J. King
IPC: H02M3/155
CPC classification number: H02M3/155
Abstract: A system may include a power converter comprising at least one stage having a dual anti-wound inductor having a first winding and a second winding constructed such that its windings generate opposing magnetic fields in its magnetic core and constructed such that a coupling coefficient between the first winding and the second winding is less than approximately 0.95 and a current control subsystem for controlling an electrical current through the dual anti-wound inductor, the current control subsystem configured to minimize a magnitude of a magnetizing electrical current of the dual anti-wound inductor to prevent core saturation of the dual anti-wound inductor and regulate an amount of output electrical current delivered by the power converter to the load in accordance with a reference input signal.
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公开(公告)号:US11658559B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US17119579
申请日:2020-12-11
Inventor: Graeme G. Mackay , Jason W. Lawrence
CPC classification number: H02M3/1566 , H02M1/0025 , H02M3/1584 , H02M3/1586 , H02M1/00 , H02M1/0009 , H02M1/15 , H02M3/04 , H02M3/157 , H02M3/1582
Abstract: A system may include a power converter configured to receive an input voltage and generate an output voltage and a controller configured to control operation of the power converter based on a comparison of a current associated with the power converter to a threshold current and control the threshold current as a function of the input voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US11424682B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US17119517
申请日:2020-12-11
Inventor: Jason W. Lawrence , Eric J. King , Graeme G. Mackay , Theodore M. Burk
Abstract: A system for controlling a current in a power converter may include an outer control loop configured to use an outer set of output voltage thresholds for an output voltage generated by the power converter in order to provide hysteretic control of the current, an inner control loop configured to use an inner set of output voltage thresholds for the output voltage in order to provide continuous control of the current, the inner control loop further configured to measure a time duration required for the output voltage to cross a single pair of two output voltage thresholds of the inner set of output voltage thresholds in order to determine an input-referred estimate of a current load of the power converter and set a peak current threshold and a valley current threshold for the current based on the input-referred estimate of the current load.
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