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公开(公告)号：US09974132B2
公开(公告)日：2018-05-15
申请号：US15260612
申请日：2016-09-09
Applicant: NXP B.V.
CPC classification number: H05B33/083 , H05B33/0815 , H05B33/0842 , H05B33/089 , H05B37/0281
Abstract: Disclosed is a controller for controlling a string of N LEDs connected in series and each having a current bypass switch in parallel therewith and configured to be supplied from a current source connected in series with the string of LEDs and being supplied by a supply voltage, the controller comprising: a respective bypass switch controller for each bypass switch and configured to control the respective bypass switch such that the respective LED has an on-period and an off-period, according to a common duty cycle; a phase control unit configured to set a respective timing of each of the bypass switches such that the fraction of LEDs not bypassed corresponds to the duty cycle; and a duty cycle adjustor configured to adjust the duty cycle, in dependence on the supply voltage. Associated methods and circuits are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US09967946B1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-08
申请号：US15677000
申请日：2017-08-14
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Abstract: For an LED lighting application, overshoot-protection circuitry prevents an LED controller, such as a matrix lighting controller (MLC) that controls an array of LEDs, from falsely detecting an open-circuit condition in an LED controlled by the LED controller, by limiting the magnitude of an overshoot voltage (due to long-wire parasitic inductances) from occurring when a switch in the LED controller that is used to control the LED is turned off.
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公开(公告)号：US11601123B1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-07
申请号：US17523798
申请日：2021-11-10
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor： Shubham Ajaykumar Khandelwal , Henricus Cornelis Johannes Büthker , Hendrik Johannes Bergveld
IPC: H03K17/22
Abstract: Embodiments of power-on reset (POR) circuits are described. In one embodiment, a POR circuit includes a primary ladder circuit connected to a supply voltage and configured to generate a reference signal for a reset signal in response to the supply voltage and a secondary ladder circuit connected to the supply voltage and configured to bias the primary ladder circuit in response to the supply voltage.
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公开(公告)号：US20230059128A1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-23
申请号：US17445493
申请日：2021-08-19
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor： Henricus Cornelis Johannes Büthker , Jyotirmoy Ghosh
Abstract: One example discloses a voltage converter, comprising: an input configured to receive a first voltage from a battery; an output configured to provide a second voltage to a load; a controller configured to reduce a battery current received from the battery if the first voltage received from the battery is below a first threshold voltage.
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公开(公告)号：US10014766B2
公开(公告)日：2018-07-03
申请号：US15255248
申请日：2016-09-02
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor： Henricus Cornelis Johannes Büthker
CPC classification number: H02M3/04 , H02M1/12 , H02M1/14 , H02M1/15 , H02M1/44 , H02M7/06 , H02M7/2176 , H02M2001/007
Abstract: A power converter, configured to convert AC mains power to a DC output voltage which is lower than the AC mains' peak voltage, is disclosed. It comprises: a capacitor configured to store charge at a voltage range which is intermediate the peak voltage and the DC output voltage; a gated rectification stage comprising a rectifier for rectifying an AC mains power, and at least one switch configured to supply the rectified AC mains power to the capacitor during only a low-voltage part of a half-cycle of the AC mains; and a switched mode DC-DC power conversion stage comprising at least one further switch and configured to convert power from the capacitor to the DC output voltage during only a high-voltage part of the half-cycle. A controller for use in such a converter, and a corresponding method, are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20150288213A1
公开(公告)日：2015-10-08
申请号：US14244610
申请日：2014-04-03
Applicant: NXP B.V.
IPC: H02J7/00
CPC classification number: H02J7/0091 , H02J7/0077
Abstract: Various methods, apparatuses and systems are directed to battery-charging applications. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments discussed herein, a charging current for charging a battery is modulated, and the frequency of the modulated charging current is set based upon an impedance of the battery. Temperature of the battery is estimated based upon the impedance exhibited by the battery, while the battery is charged with the modulated charging current. In various implementations, the battery charging rate is controlled based on the estimated temperature.
Abstract translation: 各种方法，装置和系统涉及电池充电应用。 可以与本文所讨论的一个或多个实施例一致，调制用于对电池充电的充电电流，并且基于电池的阻抗设置调制充电电流的频率。 电池的温度基于电池所呈现的阻抗来估计，而电池用调制的充电电流充电。 在各种实施方式中，基于估计的温度控制电池充电速率。
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公开(公告)号：US20220407503A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-22
申请号：US17350855
申请日：2021-06-17
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a mode detector configured to determine a mode of a circuit based upon an attached power source, including: a first latch configured to hold an first input value and output the first held value and an inverse of the first held value; a second latch configured to hold a second input value and output the second held value and an inverse of the second held value; a first output switch connected between a first power source line and a power source output of the mode detector, wherein the first output switch is configured to be controlled by the output of the first latch; a second output switch connected between a second power source line and the power source output of the mode detector, wherein the second output switch is configured to be controlled by the output of the second latch; a first AND gate with a first input and a second input connected to the inverse output of the second latch, wherein the first input is configured to receive a first power on reset signal based upon the first power source line; and a second AND gate with a first input and a second input connected to the inverse output of the first latch, wherein the first input is configured to receive a second power on reset signal based upon the second power source line, wherein the mode of the circuit is indicated by the outputs of the first latch and the second latch.
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公开(公告)号：US11047919B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-29
申请号：US16143851
申请日：2018-09-27
Applicant: NXP B.V.
IPC: H02J7/00 , G01R31/396
Abstract: An open wire detection system and method are provided. A semiconductor device includes a first diode having an anode terminal coupled to a first terminal and a cathode terminal coupled to a second terminal. The first and second terminals are configured for connection to a first battery cell terminal by way of a first conductive path and a second conductive path. A detect circuit is coupled to the first diode and is configured to provide a first open wire indication when a first voltage across the first diode exceeds a first threshold.
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公开(公告)号：US20200209298A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-02
申请号：US16237493
申请日：2018-12-31
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor： Henricus Cornelis Johannes Büthker
IPC: G01R31/02 , F21S41/141 , G01R19/165 , H02M3/07 , H05B33/08
Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lighting system for an automobile includes a switch block, a capacitor, a charge pump, and a capacitor detector. The charge pump includes an output to provide power to a gate driver of the switch block at a nominal voltage level. The capacitor detector circuit includes a detector input and a detector output. The detector input is connected to the charge pump output and to the charge pump capacitor to detect a voltage level on the charge pump capacitor. The capacitor detector circuit provides a first indication on the detector output that the charge pump capacitor is present and undamaged when the voltage level is greater than the nominal voltage level. The capacitor detector circuit further provides a second indication on the detector output that the charge pump capacitor is not present or is damaged when the voltage level is less than the nominal voltage level.
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公开(公告)号：US20240356543A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-24
申请号：US18332522
申请日：2023-06-09
Applicant: NXP B.V.
Inventor： Henricus Cornelis Johannes Büthker , Jyotirmoy Ghosh , Piotr Gibas , Edwin Schapendonk , Neha Goel , Namith Vishnu N
CPC classification number: H03K17/223 , H03K3/037
Abstract: One example discloses a power on reset (POR) circuit, wherein a first circuit is configured to un-couple a power supply input from a resistor divider when the voltage on a second end of the capacitor is above a first circuit threshold; a second circuit configured to couple the second end of the capacitor to the power supply input when a voltage on at least one tap point of the resistor divider is above a second circuit threshold; wherein the comparator is coupled to at least one of the tap points, the reference potential, and a POR output; and wherein the comparator is configured to ramp-up a POR signal on the POR output when a voltage on the at least one of the tap points is greater than the comparator threshold.
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