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公开(公告)号:US20210050832A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-18
申请号:US16986623
申请日:2020-08-06
Inventor: Jason W. LAWRENCE , Eric J. KING , Christian LARSEN , Hasnain AKRAM , Eric KIMBALL
Abstract: A method for operating a charge pump having a variable switching frequency may include comparing a target minimum output voltage with an output voltage generated at an output of the charge pump and controlling switching of switches of the charge pump based on the comparison such that the variable switching frequency varies as an output current driven by the charge pump varies.
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公开(公告)号:US20240372455A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18312406
申请日:2023-05-04
Inventor: Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY
IPC: H02M1/00
Abstract: A closed-loop feedback control system may include a first feedback control loop configured to regulate a first physical quantity, a second feedback control loop orthogonal to the first feedback control loop and configured to regulate a second physical quantity, and a correction block configured to apply a correction term to the first feedback control loop based on a parameter of the second feedback control loop.
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公开(公告)号:US20240072559A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18503830
申请日:2023-11-07
Inventor: Ivan PERRY , Hasnain AKRAM , Eric J. KING
IPC: H02J7/00
CPC classification number: H02J7/0068 , H02J7/0063 , H02J2207/20 , H02J2310/22
Abstract: A power management system for use in a device comprising a battery and one or more components configured to draw electrical energy from the battery may include a first power converter configured to electrically couple between charging circuitry configured to provide electrical energy for charging the battery and the one or more downstream components and a bidirectional power converter configured to electrically couple between the charging circuitry and the battery, wherein the bidirectional power converter is configured to transfer charge from the battery or transfer charge from the battery based on a power requirement of the one or more components and a power available from the first power converter.
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公开(公告)号:US20240235389A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18458331
申请日:2023-08-30
Inventor: Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY , Jason W. LAWRENCE , Ilija JERGOVIC , Eric J. KING , Thomas H. HOFF , Paulo RAYMUNDO SILVA
Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a power converter system may comprise a plurality of power converter stages in a cascaded arrangement, the power converter stages comprising at least a first power converter stage and a second power converter stage configured to modify an operational state and/or an operational mode of the second power converter stage responsive to feedforward information associated with the first power converter stage.
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公开(公告)号:US20230188156A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-15
申请号:US17990098
申请日:2022-11-18
Inventor: Ivan PERRY , Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY , Pietro GALLINA , Chanchal GUPTA , Bryan QUINONES , Abhishek RAY
Abstract: A power converter system for converting an input voltage at an input into an output voltage at an output may comprise a switch network comprising a reactive circuit element and a plurality of switches, switch control circuitry configured to operate the plurality of switch in a plurality of periodic, sequential states to regulate the output voltage, and reference current generating circuitry. The reference current generating circuitry may include a comparator coupled to a sensed switch of the plurality of switches and configured to compare a current flowing through the sensed switch to a reference current and current-steering circuitry coupled to the comparator configured to generate the reference current and alternate the reference current between a first reference current and a second reference current whenever the switch control circuitry changes from one state of the plurality of periodic, sequential states to another state of the plurality of periodic, sequential states.
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公开(公告)号:US20230067877A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17550492
申请日:2021-12-14
Inventor: Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY , Jason W. LAWRENCE
IPC: H02M3/158 , H02M1/00 , G01R19/165 , 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:US20240364202A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18308902
申请日:2023-04-28
Inventor: Jason W. LAWRENCE , Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY , Ivan PERRY
CPC classification number: H02M1/0025 , H02M1/0009 , H02M3/04
Abstract: A control circuit for generating a control parameter that defines a state sequence of a power converter may include a loop filter configured to, based on an error signal between a reference current signal and a feedback current measurement signal, correct for unmodeled errors in the feedback current measurement signal to generate the control parameter. The control circuit may also include a first feedforward block configured to generate a first offset to the control parameter based on a slew rate of the reference current signal.
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公开(公告)号:US20240364199A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18308938
申请日:2023-04-28
Inventor: Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY
CPC classification number: H02M1/0003 , H02M3/158 , H03H7/0153
Abstract: A system may include a first closed-loop feedback control loop, comprising a first filter located within a signal path of the first closed-loop feedback control loop and configured to regulate a physical quantity comprising at least one of an output voltage or an output current of the system and a second filter communicatively coupled to the first filter and configured to, based on one or more variables associated with the closed-loop feedback control system, control at least one filter parameter of the first filter in order to control a response of the first filter. The system may also include a second closed-loop feedback system nested with the first closed-loop feedback control loop comprising a power converter comprising a plurality of switches and a power inductor and a loop filter configured to control an inductor current through the power inductor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240356441A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-24
申请号:US18628007
申请日:2024-04-05
Inventor: Graeme G. MACKAY , Jin-Jyh SU , Hasnain AKRAM , Changjong LIM , Dave MARSHNIL
Abstract: A multi-level power converter configured to receive a power supply and generate an inductor current may include a first switch coupled to a first capacitor, a second switch coupled to a second capacitor, a third switch coupled to a third capacitor, a fourth switch, an inductor coupled to a switch node between the second switch and the third switch, and a flying capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first node between the first and second switch and a second terminal coupled to a second node between the third and fourth switch, wherein the second capacitor is configured to share charge with at least one of the first capacitor and the third capacitor to enable non-gate terminals of at least one of the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch to replenish with charge at or approximate to a duty cycle extreme of the multi-level power converter.
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公开(公告)号:US20240250599A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18415862
申请日:2024-01-18
Inventor: Hasnain AKRAM , Graeme G. MACKAY , Eric J. KING
CPC classification number: H02M1/0032 , H02M1/0025 , H02M3/1582
Abstract: A system may include a control circuit and a multi-level power converter comprising a plurality of switches and a power inductor electrically coupled to the plurality of switches, wherein the power inductor is coupled to a switching node of the multi-level power converter, wherein the multi-level power converter is capable of applying three or more switching voltages to the switching node. The control circuit may generate control signals that define a sequence of switching of the plurality of switches of the power converter, the control circuit configured to, during a switching cycle of the converter in which the power inductor is magnetized and demagnetized, control switching of the plurality of switches among at least three switch configurations during magnetization and demagnetization of the power inductor such that a voltage on the switching node experiences a different respective magnitude of voltage in each of the at least three switch configurations.
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