COMMUNICATING ACROSS GALVANIC ISOLATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IN A POWER CONVERTER

    公开(公告)号:US20180198444A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15917437

    申请日:2018-03-09

    摘要: A signal transmission system for communicating across galvanic isolation includes a magnetic coupling having a transmitter-side inductor and a receiver-side inductor. The transmitter is coupled to the transmitter-side inductor, is referenced to a first potential, and includes a pulse generator coupled to output to the transmitter-side inductor a first state representation that represents a first logic state with multiple transitions, and a second state representation that represents a second logic state with multiple transitions. The pulse generator in outputting the first state representation is coupled to output a first information portion that includes the multiple transitions of the first state representation, and a first initial delay portion having a duration longer than a duration of the multiple transitions of the second state representation.

    CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TURNING ON A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH
    2.
    发明申请
    CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TURNING ON A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH 有权
    用于切换功率半导体开关的控制电路和控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160241230A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-18

    申请号:US15017331

    申请日:2016-02-05

    IPC分类号: H03K17/567

    摘要: A control circuit for turning on a power semiconductor switch comprises an input which is configured to receive a signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch, a variable current source which is configured to supply a current with a variable level to a control input of the power semiconductor switch in order to switch on the power semiconductor switch, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the variable current source in a closed control loop in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch.

    摘要翻译: 用于接通功率半导体开关的控制电路包括被配置为接收表征功率半导体开关的接通特性的信号的输入端,被配置为将可变电平的电流提供给可变电平的可变电流源 控制所述功率半导体开关的输入以便接通所述功率半导体开关,其中所述控制电路被配置为响应于表征所述功率半导体的接通行为的信号而在闭合控制环路中控制所述可变电流源 开关。

    SOFT SHUTDOWN MODULAR CIRCUITRY FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES

    公开(公告)号:US20180309433A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-25

    申请号:US16019345

    申请日:2018-06-26

    摘要: Circuitry for soft shutdown of a power switch and a power converters that includes circuitry for soft shutdown are described. In one aspect, circuitry for soft shutdown of a power switch includes a sense input to be coupled to a power switch receive a signal representative of current passing through the power switch, a comparator to compare the signal with an overcurrent threshold indicative of an overcurrent condition of the power switch and to output a triggering signal in response to the comparison indicating the overcurrent condition, and a gating transistor to be coupled to a control terminal of the power switch, the gating transistor configured to divert a portion of a drive signal away from the control terminal of the power switch in response to the triggering signal.

    Communicating across galvanic isolation, for example, in a power converter

    公开(公告)号:US09948294B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-17

    申请号:US15179871

    申请日:2016-06-10

    摘要: A signal transmission system for communicating across galvanic isolation. The signal transmission system includes first circuitry referenced to a first potential, the first circuitry comprising signal transmission circuitry, second circuitry referenced to a second potential and galvanically isolated from the first circuitry, the second circuitry comprising signal reception circuitry, and a magnetic coupling between the first circuitry to the second circuitry across the galvanic isolation, the magnetic coupling comprising a transmitter-side inductor and a receiver-side inductor. The signal transmission circuitry can include a source coupled to output, to the transmitter-side inductor of the magnetic coupling, a first state representation that represents a first logic state with multiple transitions, the first state representation including at least a first upward transition, a first downward transition, a second upward transition, and a second downward transition.

    RECEIVER CIRCUIT
    7.
    发明申请
    RECEIVER CIRCUIT 有权
    接收电路

    公开(公告)号:US20170012672A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-12

    申请号:US15184583

    申请日:2016-06-16

    IPC分类号: H04B5/00 H03F3/193 H04B1/16

    摘要: A data communications receiver including a receiver coil, a first amplification stage coupled to the receiver coil, the first amplification circuitry to differentially amplify at least part of signal received by the receiver coil relative to a threshold, a second amplification stage coupled to receive the differentially amplified signal from the first amplification stage, the second amplification stage comprising a current mirror, and hysteretic level shifting circuitry to shift a level of part of the signal received by the receiver coil, the threshold or part of the signal received by the receiver coil and the threshold such that, in response to the at least part of the signal received by the receiver coil having crossed the threshold, a threshold crossing in the other direction is delayed.

    摘要翻译: 一种数据通信接收机,包括接收器线圈,耦合到接收器线圈的第一放大级,第一放大电路,以差分放大由接收器线圈相对于阈值接收的信号的至少一部分;耦合以接收差分的第二放大级 来自第一放大级的放大信号,第二放大级包括电流镜和滞后电平移位电路,用于移位由接收器线圈接收的信号的一部分电平,由接收器线圈接收的阈值或部分信号;以及 所述阈值使得响应于所述接收器线圈接收到的信号的所述至少部分已经越过所述阈值,所述另一方向上的阈值交叉被延迟。

    RECEIVER CIRCUIT
    8.
    发明申请
    RECEIVER CIRCUIT 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20170373722A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15699803

    申请日:2017-09-08

    摘要: An analog receiver frontend includes a first amplification circuit coupled to receive an input signal. The first amplification stage is coupled to amplify a difference between the input signal and a threshold to generate the first signal. A second amplification circuit is coupled to receive the first signal from the first amplification circuit. The second amplification circuit is coupled to amplify the first signal to generate a second signal. An output circuit is coupled to receive the second signal from the second amplification circuit. The output circuit is coupled to output a recovered signal. The recovered signal is a pulse waveform of high and low sections. An input hysteresis circuit is coupled to the output circuit to receive the recovered signal and generate a hysteresis signal. One or both of the input signal and the threshold are level shifted by the hysteresis signal in response to the recovered signal.

    CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TURNING ON A POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20170373683A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-28

    申请号:US15698292

    申请日:2017-09-07

    摘要: A control circuit for turning on a power semiconductor switch includes an input that receives a signal characterizing a switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch. A phase detection circuit detects two or more phases of the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch. The phase detection circuit is coupled to generate a phase signal that indicates which of the two or more phases the power semiconductor switch is currently running through. A variable current source is coupled to supply a current with a variable level to a control input of the power semiconductor switch to switch on the power semiconductor switch. The control circuit is coupled to control the variable current source in a closed control loop in response to the signal that characterizes the switch-on behavior of the power semiconductor switch.