RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHED MODE CONVERTER
    16.
    发明申请
    RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHED MODE CONVERTER 审中-公开
    可重新切换模式转换器

    公开(公告)号:US20160308445A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15130453

    申请日:2016-04-15

    CPC classification number: H02M3/158 H02M1/42 H02M1/44 H02M2003/1566 H03F1/0227

    Abstract: A switching power stage for producing an output voltage to a load may include a configurable switched mode power converter and a controller. The power converter may include a power inductor, a plurality of switches arranged to sequentially operate in a plurality of switch configurations, and an output for producing the output voltage, the output comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal. The controller may be configured to, for at least one range of magnitudes of the output voltage, control the plurality of switches to operate in at least three switching phases per switching cycle of the power converter in order to generate the output voltage, wherein switching cycles of the power converter are substantially approximately equal in period and control the plurality of switches to apply for each of the at least three switching phases a respective switch configuration of the plurality of switch configurations.

    Abstract translation: 用于产生负载的输出电压的开关功率级可以包括可配置开关模式功率转换器和控制器。 功率转换器可以包括功率电感器,多个开关,被布置为依次操作多个开关配置,以及用于产生输出电压的输出,该输出包括第一输出端子和第二输出端子。 控制器可以被配置为,对于输出电压的大小的至少一个范围,控制多个开关以在功率转换器的每个开关周期的至少三个开关阶段中工作,以便产生输出电压,其中开关周期 功率转换器的周期基本上近似相等,并且控制多个开关以向至少三个开关阶段中的每一个应用多个开关配置的相应开关配置。

    Baseline signal calculation
    19.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11513019B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17128676

    申请日:2020-12-21

    Abstract: A baseline unit for use in a sensor system, the sensor system comprising N force sensors which output N sensor signals, respectively, where N≥1, the baseline unit configured to: monitor a measure of a rate of change of a sensor test signal, the sensor test signal being one of said N sensor signals or a signal derived from one or more of said N sensor signals; and in dependence upon the measure of the rate of change, control a stored baseline setting to control how a baseline test signal is calculated from said N sensor signals using a baseline-calculation method, the baseline-calculation method configured by the currently-stored baseline setting.

    Multi-chip synchronization in sensor applications

    公开(公告)号:US11366550B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-21

    申请号:US16457489

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Abstract: A system may include a plurality of actively-driven inductive sensors and a plurality of control circuits, each control circuit of the plurality of control circuits configured to control operation of a respective set of the actively-driven inductive sensors, each control circuit of the plurality of control circuits communicatively coupled to the other control circuits via a connection configured to distribute synchronization information among the plurality of control circuits. Each of the plurality of control circuits may further be configured to configure a schedule for controlling time-division multiplexed operation of its respective set of actively-driven inductive sensors and control time-division multiplexed operation of its respective set of actively-driven inductive sensors based on the schedule and the synchronization information in order to minimize interference among the plurality of actively-driven inductive sensors.

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