摘要:
A power-mode controlled power converter is capable of supplying a constant output voltage and output current. A PWM controller generates a PWM signal in response to a voltage sampled from a transformer auxiliary winding. A programmable current-sink and a detection resistor compensate for a voltage drop of an output rectifier. A low-pass filter integrates a switching-current voltage to an average-current signal. An attenuator produces an input-voltage signal from a line-voltage input signal. The PWM controller multiplies the average-current signal with the input-voltage signal to generate a power-control signal. An error-amplifier compares the power-control signal with a power-reference voltage to generate a limit voltage. The limit voltage controls the power delivered from a primary-side circuit to a secondary-side circuit of the power-mode controlled power converter. Since the power-reference voltage varies in proportional to output voltage variations, a constant output current is therefore achieved.
摘要:
The present invention discloses a ZCS discontinuous mode PFC controller having a power saving modulator. The controller turns on through the feedback resistor and the parasitic diode of the controller, thus eliminating the need for a startup resistor. To achieve ZCS, the inductor current is released to zero, while the switching signal is off, before the next switching cycle starts. In order to decrease the switching frequency for light load conditions, an off-time delay is inserted right before the start of every switching cycle. The off-time delay is modulated to be the function of the feedback voltage and supply voltage. When the supply voltage is lower than the limit voltage, the off-time delay will decrease to inhibit the decrease of a switching frequency therefore prevents a low supply voltage. The switching frequency is decreased in accordance with the decrease of the load. Consequently, the switching losses and power consumption for light load and no load conditions are reduced.
摘要:
A method an apparatus to dynamically modify the internal compensation of a low drop-out (LDO) linear voltage regulator is presented. The process involves creating an additional equivalent series resistance (ESR) from an internal circuit. The additional ESR of the internal circuit is sufficient to ensure DC output stability. This allows the ESR of the output capacitance to be reduced to zero if desired, for improved transient response. The zero induced by the ESR of the internal circuit is frequency compensated, so that it tracks the position of the output pole as the load varies.
摘要:
A pulse width modulated soft-switching power converter has a transformer with a primary winding and a secondary winding, a secondary circuit coupled to the secondary winding, and a pair of main switches and a pair of auxiliary switches coupled to the primary winding. The main switches and auxiliary switches intermittently conduct an input voltage source to the primary winding of the transformer to operate the soft-switching power converter in four operation stages in each switching cycle. The main switches conduct the input voltage source to the transformer in a first operation stage. In a second operation stage, the conduction is cut off. The transformer operates as an inductor with the auxiliary switches switched on under zero-voltage or zero-current switching mode in a third operation stage. In the fourth operation stage, auxiliary switches are switched off to achieve zero-voltage transition.
摘要:
A regulated power supply having power factor correction control includes a multi-vector error amplifier. The multi-vector error amplifier provides an error signal that is used to regulate a switching mechanism of the power supply. The multi-vector error amplifier acts to provide a low distortion error signal during steady-state operation, while responding rapidly and smoothly to sudden load changes.
摘要:
Incorporating the PWM function with the power saving means develops the PWM controller in which the switching frequency is decreased in response to the decrease of the load. Further, the current-driven design minimizes the circuitry and reduces the cost of the PWM controller. Since most of the control signals are operated in current mode, the die size of integrated circuit of the PWM controller is greatly reduced. An off-time modulator is provided for power saving in which the discharge current of the oscillator is modulated. Keeping the maximum on-time of the PWM signal as a constant and increasing the off-time of the PWM signal extends the switching period in light load conditions. The off-time modulation is the function of a feedback current, which is derived from the feedback loop. An array of current operation is designed to generate the feedback voltage for the PWM control and meanwhile produces a modulated discharge current for power saving. A minimum discharge current is limited to prevent the switching frequency from flowing into the audio-band. Moreover, the minimum discharge current is switched on/off in response to the state of the supply voltage in which the minimum discharge current is disabled when the supply voltage is high, and enabled once the supply voltage is lower than a threshold voltage; thereby preventing insufficient power from being supplied from the auxiliary bias winding for the PWM controller.
摘要:
A pulse width modulated soft-switching power converter, having a pair of main switches and a pair of auxiliary switches coupled to the primary winding of the transformer. The main switches and auxiliary switches intermittently conduct an input voltage source to the primary winding to operate the soft-switching power converter in four operation stages in each switching cycle. The main switches conduct the input voltage source to the transformer in a first operation stage. In a second operation stage, the conduction is cut off. The transformer operates as an inductor with the auxiliary switches switched on under zero-voltage or zero-current switching mode in a third operation stage. In the fourth operation stage, the auxiliary switches are switched off, whereby the flyback energy achieves the zero-voltage transition. A zero-voltage-detection is employed to optimize the zero-voltage switching. The switching frequency is decreased in response to the decrease of the load. Furthermore, the auxiliary switching is restricted in accordance with the decrease of the load. Therefore reducing the power consumption in the light load and no load conditions.
摘要:
The present invention provides a primary-side flyback power converter that supplies a constant voltage output and a constant current output. To generate a well-regulated output voltage under varying load conditions, a PWM controller is included in the power converter in order to generate a PWM signal controlling a switching transistor in response to a flyback voltage sampled from a first primary winding of the power supply transformer. Several improvements are included in this present invention to overcome the disadvantages of prior-art flyback power converters. Firstly, the flyback energy of the first primary winding is used as a DC power source for the PWM controller in order to reduce power consumption. A double sample amplifier samples the flyback voltage just before the transformer current drops to zero. Moreover, an offset current is pulled from a detection input of the double sample amplifier in order to generate a more accurate DC output voltage. The offset current is generated in response to the temperature in order to compensate for temperature-induced voltage fluctuations across the output rectifier. Ultimately, in order to maintain a constant output current, the PWM controller modulates the switching frequency in response to the output voltage.
摘要:
A PWM controller according to the present invention provides a technique to control the output voltage and output current of the power supply without the feedback control circuit in the secondary side of the transformer. In order to achieve better regulation, an adaptive load and a feedback synthesizer are equipped into the PWM controller, which associated with the auxiliary winding of the transformer regulate the output voltage of the power supply as a constant. Furthermore, a programmable power limiter in the PWM controller controls the power that is delivered from the primary side to the output of the power supply. The threshold of the power limit is varied in accordance with the change of output voltage. Because the output power is the function of the output voltage of the power supply, a constant current output is realized when the output current of the power supply is greater than a maximum value.
摘要:
The present invention provides a primary-side flyback power converter that supplies a constant voltage output and a constant current output. To generate a well-regulated output voltage under varying load conditions, a PWM controller is included in the power converter in order to generate a PWM signal controlling a switching transistor in response to a flyback voltage sampled from a first primary winding of the power supply transformer. Several improvements are included in this present invention to overcome the disadvantages of prior-art flyback power converters. Firstly, the flyback energy of the first primary winding is used as a DC power source for the PWM controller in order to reduce power consumption. A double sample amplifier samples the flyback voltage just before the transformer current drops to zero. Moreover, an offset current is pulled from a detection input of the double sample amplifier in order to generate a more accurate DC output voltage. The offset current is generated in response to the temperature in order to compensate for temperature-induced voltage fluctuations across the output rectifier. Ultimately, in order to maintain a constant output current, the PWM controller modulates the switching frequency in response to the output voltage.