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公开(公告)号:US20160370816A1
公开(公告)日:2016-12-22
申请号:US14740386
申请日:2015-06-16
发明人: Dazhi Wei , Gang Yuan , Erik Pankratz , Imranul Islam , Praveen Kallam , Axel Thomsen , Kenneth Wilson Fernald , Jinwen Xiao
IPC分类号: G05F1/575
CPC分类号: G05F1/575 , G05F1/56 , H02M3/1588 , Y02B70/1466
摘要: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a controller to control a voltage regulator. The controller may have a first comparator circuit to compare a first reference voltage to a feedback voltage. In turn, the first comparator circuit may include: a first comparator having a first input terminal to receive the feedback voltage and a second input terminal to receive the reference voltage and an output node to output an error signal based on the comparison; and a first pre-charge circuit coupled between the first input terminal and the output node configured to pre-charge a first portion of a compensation network to a pre-charge level. The first controller may further include a second comparator circuit coupled to the first comparator circuit compare the error signal to a ramp signal and to generate a first control output to control a power train of the voltage regulator in a first mode of operation.
摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,一种装置包括用于控制电压调节器的控制器。 控制器可以具有第一比较器电路,以将第一参考电压与反馈电压进行比较。 反过来,第一比较器电路可以包括:第一比较器,具有用于接收反馈电压的第一输入端子和用于接收参考电压的第二输入端子和输出节点,以基于该比较来输出误差信号; 以及耦合在所述第一输入端子和所述输出节点之间的第一预充电电路,被配置为将补偿网络的第一部分预先充电到预充电电平。 第一控制器还可以包括耦合到第一比较器电路的第二比较器电路,将误差信号与斜坡信号进行比较,并产生第一控制输出,以在第一操作模式下控制电压调节器的传动系。
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公开(公告)号:US20170187199A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US14979516
申请日:2015-12-28
发明人: Dazhi Wei , Praveen Kallam
IPC分类号: H02J7/00
CPC分类号: H02J7/007 , H02J7/0052 , H02J7/0068
摘要: An apparatus includes a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage from a power source and to provide an output current at an output. The apparatus further includes a battery charger, coupled to the voltage regulator, to provide a charge current. The apparatus further includes a controller to control the charge current such that the charge current is less than or equal to a current available from the power source minus the output current.
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公开(公告)号:US10348283B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-09
申请号:US15902798
申请日:2018-02-22
发明人: Jeffrey L. Sonntag , Svajda Miroslav , Dazhi Wei
摘要: A voltage converter includes a comparator that continuously monitors an output voltage of the voltage converter. The comparator includes a first comparator core utilizing first and second switched capacitors and a second comparator core using third and fourth switched capacitors. The first comparator core is powered down or in a refresh mode while the second comparator core is monitoring the output voltage. The second comparator core is powered down or in the refresh mode while the first comparator core is monitoring the output voltage. The first and second switched capacitors are configured in series with an amplifier stage of the first comparator core while the first comparator core is monitoring the output voltage. The refresh mode charges the first (third) and second (fourth) switched capacitors to a scaled version of the output voltage and a reference voltage less an offset voltage, respectively.
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公开(公告)号:US09966781B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-08
申请号:US14979516
申请日:2015-12-28
发明人: Dazhi Wei , Praveen Kallam
CPC分类号: H02J7/007 , H02J7/0052 , H02J7/0068
摘要: An apparatus includes a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage from a power source and to provide an output current at an output. The apparatus further includes a battery charger, coupled to the voltage regulator, to provide a charge current. The apparatus further includes a controller to control the charge current such that the charge current is less than or equal to a current available from the power source minus the output current.
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公开(公告)号:US20170187218A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-29
申请号:US14979514
申请日:2015-12-28
发明人: Axel Thomsen , Dazhi Wei , Steffen Skaug , Praveen Kallam
IPC分类号: H02J7/00
CPC分类号: H02J7/0083 , H02J7/0047 , H02J7/0052 , H02J7/0077 , H02J7/045 , H02J7/047 , H02J2007/0059
摘要: An apparatus includes a digital battery charger. The digital battery charger includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert a terminal voltage of a battery to a first digital signal. The digital battery charger further includes a digital controller coupled to the ADC to receive the first digital signal and provide a set of control signals. The digital battery charger further includes a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) coupled to the digital controller to receive the set of control signals and to provide a battery charging current signal.
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公开(公告)号:US10423174B1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-24
申请号:US15959535
申请日:2018-04-23
发明人: Jeffrey L. Sonntag , Dazhi Wei , Michael D. Mulligan , Zachary A. Kaufman , Joselyn Torres-Torres
摘要: A pulse frequency modulated (PFM) voltage converter autonomously switches between buck, buck-boost, and boost modes as a function of the input and output voltages. The voltage converter may also switch autonomously between buck mode and a low drop out (LDO) mode when configured in a system in which the battery voltage is known to always be higher than the output voltage.
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公开(公告)号:US10063084B2
公开(公告)日:2018-08-28
申请号:US14979514
申请日:2015-12-28
发明人: Axel Thomsen , Dazhi Wei , Steffen Skaug , Praveen Kallam
IPC分类号: H02J7/00
CPC分类号: H02J7/0083 , H02J7/0047 , H02J7/0052 , H02J7/0077 , H02J7/045 , H02J7/047 , H02J2007/0059
摘要: An apparatus includes a digital battery charger. The digital battery charger includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert a terminal voltage of a battery to a first digital signal. The digital battery charger further includes a digital controller coupled to the ADC to receive the first digital signal and provide a set of control signals. The digital battery charger further includes a current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) coupled to the digital controller to receive the set of control signals and to provide a battery charging current signal.
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公开(公告)号:US09958888B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-01
申请号:US14740386
申请日:2015-06-16
发明人: Dazhi Wei , Gang Yuan , Erik Pankratz , Imranul Islam , Praveen Kallam , Axel Thomsen , Kenneth Wilson Fernald , Jinwen Xiao
CPC分类号: G05F1/575 , G05F1/56 , H02M3/1588 , Y02B70/1466
摘要: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a controller to control a voltage regulator. The controller may have a first comparator circuit to compare a first reference voltage to a feedback voltage. In turn, the first comparator circuit may include: a first comparator having a first input terminal to receive the feedback voltage and a second input terminal to receive the reference voltage and an output node to output an error signal based on the comparison; and a first pre-charge circuit coupled between the first input terminal and the output node configured to pre-charge a first portion of a compensation network to a pre-charge level. The first controller may further include a second comparator circuit coupled to the first comparator circuit compare the error signal to a ramp signal and to generate a first control output to control a power train of the voltage regulator in a first mode of operation.
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