摘要:
A power factor controller, a method of controlling power factor and a power converter employing either the controller or the method. The controller includes: (1) a ramp circuit that senses an output voltage of a converter being controlled and generates an intermediate waveform that rises as a function of a magnitude of the output voltage and (2) a drive circuit, coupled to the ramp circuit, that senses a current in the converter and causes the intermediate waveform to fall at a time that is a function of a magnitude of the current, the drive circuit generating a drive signal for the converter from the intermediate waveform.
摘要:
A lossless snubber circuit is described for use with power converters, particularly asymmetric half-bridge converters. The snubber circuit provides a clamping circuit which has a clamping diode and a clamping capacitor connected across each of the rectifier diodes in the power converters output circuit. The clamping diode and clamping capacitor act to clamp the voltage across the rectifier diode and to recover the reverse recovery energy from the rectifier diode's turn-off. The reverse recovery energy is then transferred back to the input capacitors of the converter's input circuit through an energy recovery circuit. The energy recovery circuit includes a recovery switch which regulates the operation of the snubber circuit and a commutation transformer which provides the path from the snubber circuit to the input circuit. The snubber circuit allows the clamping voltage of the clamping capacitor to be adjusted to accommodate changes in the converter's conditions.
摘要:
A device has a plurality of coils arranged along a perimeter within the device, where each coil has a winding configured to be coupled to a power converter through a resonant capacitor, and forms a resonator with the resonant capacitor. The device has also a connection core which is magnetically coupled to the plurality of coils. Furthermore, the device has a plurality of power converters, where each power converter is coupled to one of the plurality of coils, and is configured such that a current flowing through the winding of the coil has the same frequency as other winding currents in the device, and the phase angle of the current is approximately equal to the space angle of the coil, so a rotating magnetic field is formed in a space around the device.
摘要:
An embodiment holdup time circuit of a bridgeless power factor correction circuit comprises a charge device, an energy storage apparatus and a discharge device. The charge device comprises a first terminal coupled to a bridgeless power factor correction circuit and a second terminal coupled to the energy storage apparatus. The discharge device comprises a first terminal coupled to the energy storage apparatus and a second terminal coupled to the bridgeless power factor correction circuit.
摘要:
An embodiment power converter package comprises a semiconductor die, an output inductor, a plurality of input capacitors and output capacitors. The semiconductor die, the output inductor and the plurality of capacitors are mounted on a lead frame and connected one to another through various pads on the lead frame. The semiconductor die comprises a high side switch, a low side switch and a driver. The power converter package is electrically coupled to an external pulse width modulation controller through a variety of input and output pads.
摘要:
A package comprises a substrate with a plurality of metal tracks, a via hole formed in the substrate, wherein the sidewall of the via hole is partially plated and the via hole is filled with a magnetic material, and a first winding magnetically coupled to the via hole.
摘要:
An embodiment high efficiency power regulator comprises a three-terminal converter and a protection device. The three-terminal converter comprises a first terminal coupled to a positive terminal of an input voltage bus, a second terminal coupled to a positive terminal of an output voltage bus and a third terminal coupled to the protection device. The protection device comprises an inrush current limiting element connected in series with a reverse polarity protection device.
摘要:
A power system comprising a non-isolated voltage regulator configured to couple to an input voltage and produce an output voltage, wherein the non-isolated voltage regulator is in a power distribution system and configured to boost the input voltage when the input voltage is less than a minimum output voltage, to reduce the input voltage when the input voltage is greater than a maximum output voltage, and to pass-through the input voltage when the input voltage is greater than or equal to the minimum output voltage and less than or equal to the maximum output voltage.
摘要:
A power converter device using synchronous rectifiers and method for controlling operation thereof are provided. A first synchronous rectifier is coupled to the secondary transformer winding to pass a voltage induced at the secondary winding in response to an input voltage supplied to the primary transformer winding during an on-state of a main power switch. A first drive circuit is coupled to the gate terminal of the first synchronous rectifier to selectively activate and deactivate the first rectifier in correspondence with the respective on and off states of the main power switch based on a gate voltage supplied by the first drive circuit, with at least one circuit parameter being selected in the first drive circuit for maintaining the gate voltage within a predefined range regardless of variation in the level of the input voltage.
摘要:
A power distribution system is provided including current sharing circuitry, current sensing and over-current protection. The system includes a plurality of power converter modules each having a current sharing signal terminal on an input side and power output terminals on an output side, the corresponding power output terminals of the several modules being connected together and adapted to power a common load; an interconnecting signal bus coupled across the current sharing signal terminals on the input side; a plurality of feedback circuits, each of which is associated with one of said modules, each feedback circuit including a comparator (error amplifier) for comparing a feedback voltage on the output side with a reference voltage to provide an error signal to the input side; the error signal conditioned to provide a current command signal to said signal bus, wherein the signal bus provides a common current command signal to drive the power converter modules.