Method and apparatus for programming a power converter controller with an external programming terminal having multiple functions
    2.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for programming a power converter controller with an external programming terminal having multiple functions 有权
    用于具有多个功能的外部编程终端对功率转换器控制器进行编程的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08630103B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-14

    申请号:US13161092

    申请日:2011-06-15

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    摘要: A power converter controller is disclosed. An example controller includes a control circuit coupled to receive a feedback signal representative of an output of the power converter. The control circuit coupled to control a switching of a power switch of the power converter in response to the feedback signal to control a transfer of energy from an input of the power converter to the output of the power converter. An internal programming interface circuit is coupled to the control circuit. A coupling switcher is coupled to the internal programming interface circuit. An external programming terminal is selectively coupled to the internal programming interface circuit through the coupling switcher. An external programming circuit coupled to the external programming terminal is coupled to the internal programming interface circuit through the coupling switcher during a startup programming condition and during a fault condition of the power converter. The external programming circuit that is coupled to the external programming terminal is decoupled from the internal programming interface circuit by the coupling switcher during a normal operating condition of the power converter.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种电力转换器控制器。 示例性控制器包括耦合以接收表示功率转换器的输出的反馈信号的控制电路。 控制电路被耦合以响应于反馈信号来控制功率转换器的功率开关的切换,以控制从功率转换器的输入到功率转换器的输出的能量传递。 内部编程接口电路耦合到控制电路。 耦合切换器耦合到内部编程接口电路。 外部编程终端通过耦合切换器选择性地耦合到内部编程接口电路。 耦合到外部编程终端的外部编程电路在启动编程状态期间和在功率转换器的故障状态期间通过耦合切换器耦合到内部编程接口电路。 耦合到外部编程终端的外部编程电路在功率转换器的正常工作状态期间通过耦合切换器与内部编程接口电路分离。

    Method and apparatus for varying a duty cycle of a power supply controller responsive to multiple linear functions over a range of values of a feedforward signal
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for varying a duty cycle of a power supply controller responsive to multiple linear functions over a range of values of a feedforward signal 失效
    响应于前馈信号的值的范围上的多个线性函数来改变电源控制器的占空比的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08437154B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-07

    申请号:US13404972

    申请日:2012-02-24

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    摘要: An example power supply controller includes a switch duty cycle controller coupled to receive a feedback signal and a duty cycle adjust signal. The switch duty cycle controller is coupled to generate a drive signal coupled to control switching of a switch, which is coupled to an energy transfer element, to regulate energy delivered from an input of a power supply to an output of the power supply. The power supply controller also includes a gain selector circuit coupled to receive an input voltage signal, which is representative of an input voltage to the power supply, to generate the duty cycle adjust signal received by the switch duty cycle controller. The duty cycle of the drive signal to be varied in response to a plurality of linear functions over a range of values of the input voltage signal.

    摘要翻译: 示例性电源控制器包括耦合以接收反馈信号和占空比调整信号的开关占空比控制器。 开关占空比控制器被耦合以产生耦合以控制耦合到能量传递元件的开关的切换的驱动信号,以调节从电源的输入到电源的输出的能量。 电源控制器还包括一个增益选择器电路,其被耦合以接收表示到电源的输入电压的输入电压信号,以产生由开关占空比控制器接收的占空比调整信号。 驱动信号的占空比响应于输入电压信号的值的范围上的多个线性函数而变化。

    Method and apparatus for a control circuit responsive to an impedance coupled to a control circuit terminal
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for a control circuit responsive to an impedance coupled to a control circuit terminal 失效
    用于响应耦合到控制电路端子的阻抗的控制电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08243480B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-08-14

    申请号:US13213898

    申请日:2011-08-19

    IPC分类号: H02H7/122

    摘要: An example power supply controller includes a regulation circuit, a current sense circuit, and a response circuit. The regulation circuit is coupled to regulate a sense terminal to a voltage level. The current sense circuit is coupled to the sense terminal to sense a current through the sense terminal a measurement delay period after a magnitude of the current through the sense terminal reaches a first threshold current level. The response circuit is coupled to the sense circuit and is responsive to the current through the sense terminal only after the measurement delay period.

    摘要翻译: 示例性电源控制器包括调节电路,电流检测电路和响应电路。 调节电路被耦合以将感测端子调节到电压电平。 电流感测电路耦合到感测端子,以在通过感测端子的电流的大小达到第一阈值电流水平之后感测通过感测端子的电流测量延迟周期。 响应电路耦合到感测电路,并且仅在测量延迟周期之后才响应于通过感测端子的电流。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES
    5.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES 有权
    具有多种操作模式的控制电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110273910A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-11-10

    申请号:US13184349

    申请日:2011-07-15

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    CPC分类号: H02M3/33515 H02M3/33507

    摘要: An example controller for use in a power converter includes an oscillator and a logic circuit. The oscillator is to be coupled to a switch of the power converter and determines a switching cycle period of the switch. The logic circuit is also to be coupled to the switch to control a duty cycle of the switch in response to a magnitude of a feedback signal to regulate an output of the power converter. The logic circuit controls the duty cycle of the switch such that a control loop gain of the power converter is substantially constant during a transition of the controller between duty cycle control modes.

    摘要翻译: 用于功率转换器的示例性控制器包括振荡器和逻辑电路。 振荡器将耦合到功率转换器的开关,并确定开关的开关周期周期。 逻辑电路还要耦合到开关,以响应于反馈信号的幅度来控制开关的占空比,以调节功率转换器的输出。 逻辑电路控制开关的占空比,使得在占空比控制模式之间的控制器转换期间,功率转换器的控制回路增益基本上恒定。

    Method and apparatus for a control circuit responsive to an impedance coupled to a control circuit terminal
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for a control circuit responsive to an impedance coupled to a control circuit terminal 失效
    用于响应耦合到控制电路端子的阻抗的控制电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08582327B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-12

    申请号:US13553730

    申请日:2012-07-19

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    摘要: A method, in a power supply controller, of responding to an increase in current through a terminal of the power supply controller, is disclosed. The method includes regulating the terminal to a first voltage level and sensing a magnitude of a first current through the terminal while the controller is regulating the terminal to the first voltage level. The method also includes providing an initial response by the power supply controller in response to the magnitude of the first current exceeding a first threshold current level and then regulating the terminal to a second voltage level after the magnitude of the first current exceeds the first threshold current level. The magnitude of a second current through the terminal is sensed while the controller is regulating the terminal to the second voltage level and the controller determines a final response based on the magnitude of the second current.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种在电源控制器中响应于通过电源控制器的端子的电流增加的方法。 该方法包括:当控制器将端子调节到第一电压电平时,将端子调节到第一电压电平并感测通过端子的第一电流的幅度。 该方法还包括响应于超过第一阈值电流电平的第一电流的幅度提供电源控制器的初始响应,然后在第一电流的幅度超过第一阈值电流之后将端子调节到第二电压电平 水平。 当控制器将端子调节到第二电压电平时,感测通过端子的第二电流的大小,并且控制器基于第二电流的大小来确定最终响应。

    VARIABLE FREQUENCY TIMING CIRCUIT FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT
    7.
    发明申请
    VARIABLE FREQUENCY TIMING CIRCUIT FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUIT 失效
    用于电源控制电路的可变频率时序电路

    公开(公告)号:US20130027996A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-31

    申请号:US13193434

    申请日:2011-07-28

    IPC分类号: H02M1/00

    摘要: An example integrated circuit controller includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) circuit and a timing circuit. The PWM circuit controls a switch to regulate an output of a power supply in response to a switch current flowing through the switch and in response to a clock signal having a switching period. The timing circuit provides the clock signal and includes a timing capacitor where the switching period of the clock signal is equal to a charging time that the timing capacitor charges to an upper reference voltage plus a discharging time that the timing capacitor discharges to a lower reference voltage. The timing circuit increases the charging time of the timing capacitor by decreasing a rate at which the timing capacitor is charged to increase the switching period of the clock signal if an on time of the switch is greater than or equal to a threshold time.

    摘要翻译: 示例性集成电路控制器包括脉宽调制(PWM)电路和定时电路。 PWM电路控制开关以响应于流过开关的开关电流并且响应于具有开关周期的时钟信号来调节电源的输出。 定时电路提供时钟信号,并且包括定时电容器,其中时钟信号的开关周期等于定时电容器充电到较高参考电压加上定时电容器放电到较低参考电压的放电时间的充电时间 。 如果开关的接通时间大于或等于阈值时间,则定时电路通过降低定时电容器被充电的速率来增加定时电容器的充电时间,以增加时钟信号的开关周期。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CONTROL CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES 有权
    具有多种操作模式的控制电路的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120320634A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-20

    申请号:US13595605

    申请日:2012-08-27

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    CPC分类号: H02M3/33515 H02M3/33507

    摘要: An example controller for use in a power converter includes an oscillator that is to be coupled to a switch of the power converter to determine a switching cycle period of the switch. The controller also includes means for controlling a duty cycle of the switch to regulate an output of the power converter and for maintaining a substantially constant rate of change of the duty cycle with respect to changes in a magnitude of a feedback signal as the controller transitions between duty cycle control modes such that a control loop gain of the power converter is substantially constant during the transition.

    摘要翻译: 用于功率转换器的示例性控制器包括要耦合到功率转换器的开关以确定开关的开关周期周期的振荡器。 控制器还包括用于控制开关的占空比以调节功率转换器的输出的装置,并且用于当控制器在反馈信号的幅度之间转变时相对于反馈信号的幅度的变化保持占空比的基本上恒定的变化率 占空比控制模式,使得功率转换器的控制环路增益在转换期间基本上是恒定的。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER RESPONSIVE TO A FEEDFORWARD SIGNAL
    9.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER RESPONSIVE TO A FEEDFORWARD SIGNAL 失效
    一种电源控制器响应信号的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120163041A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-28

    申请号:US13404972

    申请日:2012-02-24

    IPC分类号: H02M3/335

    摘要: An example power supply controller includes a switch duty cycle controller coupled to receive a feedback signal and a duty cycle adjust signal. The switch duty cycle controller is coupled to generate a drive signal coupled to control switching of a switch, which is coupled to an energy transfer element, to regulate energy delivered from an input of a power supply to an output of the power supply. The power supply controller also includes a gain selector circuit coupled to receive an input voltage signal, which is representative of an input voltage to the power supply, to generate the duty cycle adjust signal received by the switch duty cycle controller. The duty cycle of the drive signal to be varied in response to a plurality of linear functions over a range of values of the input voltage signal.

    摘要翻译: 示例性电源控制器包括耦合以接收反馈信号和占空比调整信号的开关占空比控制器。 开关占空比控制器被耦合以产生耦合以控制耦合到能量传递元件的开关的切换的驱动信号,以调节从电源的输入到电源的输出的能量。 电源控制器还包括一个增益选择器电路,其被耦合以接收表示到电源的输入电压的输入电压信号,以产生由开关占空比控制器接收的占空比调整信号。 驱动信号的占空比响应于输入电压信号的值的范围上的多个线性函数而变化。

    Method and apparatus to limit output power in a switching power supply
    10.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus to limit output power in a switching power supply 失效
    限制开关电源中的输出功率的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08143875B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-27

    申请号:US13180227

    申请日:2011-07-11

    IPC分类号: G05F1/575 H02H7/122

    CPC分类号: H02M3/33507 H02M1/32

    摘要: An example integrated circuit controller for a power supply includes a modulator, a drive signal generator, a comparator, and a variable current limit generator. The modulator generates an enable signal having logic states responsive to a feedback signal. The drive signal generator either enables or skips enabling a switch of the power supply during a switching period in response to the logic state of the enable signal. The comparator asserts an over current signal to disable the switch if current flowing through the switch exceeds a variable current limit. The variable current limit generator sets the variable current limit to a first current limit in response to one logic state of the enable signal during a switching period and sets the variable current limit to a second current limit if the enable signal transitions logic states and the over current signal is asserted during the switching period.

    摘要翻译: 用于电源的示例集成电路控制器包括调制器,驱动信号发生器,比较器和可变电流限制发生器。 调制器产生具有响应于反馈信号的逻辑状态的使能信号。 驱动信号发生器响应于使能信号的逻辑状态,在切换周期期间启用或跳过使能电源的开关。 如果流过开关的电流超过可变电流限制,比较器将断开过电流信号以禁用开关。 可变电流限制发生器在开关周期期间响应于使能信号的一个逻辑状态将可变电流限制设置为第一电流限制,并且如果使能信号转换逻辑状态并将过流限制设置为第二电流限制,则将可变电流限制设置为第二电流限制 电流信号在开关周期内被断言。