Abstract:
A resonant wireless power receiver circuit includes an adjustable impedance matching circuit and a receiver circuit, the impedance matching circuit and the receiver circuit in combination receive a wireless power and generate a resonant output. A rectifier is coupled to the combination of the adjustable impedance matching circuit and the receiver circuit to rectify the resonant output to generate a rectified output. The impedance of the adjustable impedance matching circuit is controlled by a feedback control circuit such that the load impedance of rectified output is regulated at a pre-determined impedance value, or the voltage of the rectified output is regulated at a pre-determined voltage value.
Abstract:
A tunable DC voltage generating circuit includes: a resonance circuit including an inductor and an input capacitor coupled in a series connection, and arranged to operably receive an input signal and to operably generate a resonance signal at an output node between the inductor and the input capacitor; a rectifying circuit coupled with the output node and arranged to operably rectify the resonance signal; a current control unit coupled with an input of the rectifying circuit and coupled with the inductor or the input capacitor in a parallel connection; a stabilizing capacitor coupled with an output of the rectifying circuit and arranged to operably provide a DC output signal having a voltage level greater than that of the input signal; and a control circuit arranged to operably adjust a current passing through the current control unit according to a setting signal to thereby manipulate the DC output signal.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a resonant wireless power receiver circuit, comprising: a resonant circuit for receiving a wireless power to generate a AC resonant signal which has an amplitude; a bridge rectifier circuit which includes a multi-mode switch, for rectifying the AC resonant signal to a rectifier output signal to drive a load, wherein the rectifier output signal includes a rectifier output voltage and a rectifier output current; and a feedback control circuit for generating a switch control signal according to a feedback signal related to the rectifier output signal to control the multi-mode switch to operate in a Conductive Operation at least for a partial time in a cycle period, such that the rectifier output voltage is substantially twice the amplitude, or the rectifier output voltage corresponds to an output voltage reference and/or the rectifier output voltage corresponds to an output current reference.
Abstract:
A switched capacitor voltage converter circuit for converting a first voltage to a second voltage, includes: a switched capacitor converter and a control circuit. The switched capacitor converter includes at least two capacitors, plural switches and at least one inductor. In a mode switching period wherein the switched capacitor converter switches from a present conversion mode to a next conversion mode, at least two forward switches of the plural switches operate in a unidirectional conduction mode. Each of the forward switches provides a current channel that unidirectionally flows toward the second voltage in the unidirectional conduction mode. The switched capacitor voltage converter circuit is also operable to convert the second voltage to the first voltage.
Abstract:
A multi-phase switching converter includes: first and second sub-switching converters; switching signals operating first and second capacitors of the first and second sub-switching converters to respectively perform a switched capacitor switching on a first voltage between plural electrical connection states, to respectively switch a first and second switching nodes between a first and second divided voltages of the first voltage obtained from the switched capacitor switching and a first and second reference voltage potentials thereby performing the power conversion between a first and second power nodes. Each of a first and second switch circuits of the first and second sub-switching converters has corresponding plural first and second switches and corresponding first and second subsidiary switch. Each of the first and second subsidiary switch is coupled between the first and second capacitors and the first and second switching nodes, to respectively decide whether the first and second capacitor is electrically connected to a first and second inductor according to the switching signal corresponding to the first and second subsidiary switch, respectively.
Abstract:
A multi-phase switching converter, includes: plural sub-switching converters; and a control circuit. Plural switching signals operate a capacitor of one of the plural sub-switching converters and a capacitor of another one of the plural sub-switching converters, to conduct a switched capacitor switching on a first voltage, thus switching an inductor switching node in each sub-switching converter between a divided voltage of the first voltage and a reference potential and to thereby execute a power conversion between the first voltage and a second voltage. When the inductors of each of the plural sub-switching converters are coupled with one another in a non-electromagnetic fashion, the multi-phase switching converters operate in a non-resonant mode. When the inductors of at least two of the plural sub-switching converters are electromagnetically coupled with one another, the multi-phase switching converters operate in a resonant mode or in the non-resonant mode.
Abstract:
A resonant switching power converter circuit including: a switching converter, a control circuit and a pre-charging circuit; wherein the control circuit controls a first switch of the switching converter in a pre-charging mode, so as to control electrical connections between a first power and at least one of plural capacitors of the switching converter, and to control other switches of the switching converter, so as to control the pre-charging circuit to charge at least one capacitor to a predetermined voltage; wherein in a start-up mode, the plural switches control electrical connections of the capacitors according to first and second operation signals, such that after the pre-charging mode ends, the switching converter subsequently operates in the start-up mode; wherein in the start-up mode, the first and second operation signals have respective ON periods, and the time lengths of the ON periods increase gradually.
Abstract:
A switched capacitor voltage converter circuit for converting a first voltage to a second voltage includes: an output capacitor; a switched capacitor converter; and a control circuit. The switched capacitor converter includes: a switch circuit including fourth switches; an inductor coupled between the switch circuit and the output capacitor; and a flying capacitor coupled to the switch circuit, wherein the flying capacitor and the output capacitor constitute a voltage divider. The control circuit generates a PWM signal according to the second voltage and generates switch signals according to the PWM signal to control the switch circuit, so as to convert the first voltage to the second voltage. The control circuit decides whether the switched capacitor converter operates in a boundary conduction mode, a discontinuous conduction mode or a continuous conduction mode according to an output current or an output current related signal.
Abstract:
A resonant switching power converter includes: a first power stage circuit; a second power stage circuit; a controller; and a current sensing circuit configured to sense a first charging/discharging resonant current flowing through a first charging/discharging inductor of the first power stage circuit and sense a second charging/discharging resonant current flowing through a second charging/discharging inductor of the second power stage circuit, to generate a corresponding first current sensing signal and a corresponding second current sensing signal, respectively. The controller adjusts at least one of a first delay interval, a second delay interval, a third delay interval, a fourth delay interval, and/or input voltages, according to a first current sensing signal and a second current sensing signal, so that a constant ratio between an output current of the first power stage circuit and an output current of the second power stage circuit is achieved.
Abstract:
A resonant switching power converter includes: at least one capacitor; switches coupled to the at least one capacitor; at least one charging inductor; at least one discharging inductor; and a zero current estimation circuit. The switches switch electrical connection relationships of capacitors according to an operation signal. The zero current estimation circuit estimates a time point at which a charging resonant current is zero during a charging process and/or estimate a time point at which a discharging resonant current is zero during at least one discharging process according to voltage differences across two ends of the charging inductor and/or the discharging inductor, so as to correspondingly generate a zero current estimation signal. The zero current estimation signal is adopted to generate the operation signal.