# US 12,603,564 B2 · Power converter and controlling method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,564 B2 - Document ID: US12603564B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/443,308 - Filed: 2024-02-16 - Published: 2025-08-21 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2024-02-16 - Assignees: Sync Power Corp. - Applicants: Sync Power Corp. - Inventors: Hsian-Pei Yee; Ya-Wu Chung; Chun-Jen Huang; Li-Min Huang; Eric Shuzhen Yee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603564B2 ## CPC - H02M 1/0003: {Details of control, feedback or regulation circuits} - H02M 1/342: {Active non-dissipative snubbers} - H02M 3/33507: {with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence)} - H02M 3/33569: {having several active switching elements (H02M3/3353 takes precedence)} - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) ## Abstract A controlling method of a power converter includes performing a first switch controlling step and a second switch controlling step. The first switch controlling step is performed to control a primary switch of the power converter by a first controlling signal. The second switch controlling step is performed to control an active clamp switch of the power converter by a second controlling signal. The primary switch is turned on by the first controlling signal at each of a plurality of power converter switching cycles. The active clamp switch is not turned on by the second controlling signal at a part of the power converter switching cycles, and the active clamp switch is turned on by the second controlling signal at another part of the power converter switching cycles. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A controlling method of a power converter, comprising: performing a first switch controlling step to control a primary switch of the power converter by a first controlling signal; and performing a second switch controlling step to control an active clamp switch of the power converter by a second controlling signal; wherein the primary switch is turned on by the first controlling signal at each of a plurality of power converter switching cycles, the active clamp switch is not turned on by the second controlling signal at a part of the power converter switching cycles, and the active clamp switch is turned on by the second controlling signal at another part of the power converter switching cycles; wherein in the second switch controlling step, the active clamp switch is turned on after the part of the power converter switching cycles, and the part of the power converter switching cycles comprises at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein the second switch controlling step comprises: configuring a primary capacitor of the power converter to be charged by a transformer leakage inductance current at each of the power converter switching cycles through a body diode of the active clamp switch. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on a clamp voltage of a primary capacitor of the power converter, and the clamp voltage is increased at the part of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined by sensing a gate voltage of the primary switch of the power converter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on an input line voltage of the power converter, and the input line voltage of the power converter is negatively correlated with the number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on a load of the power converter, and the load of the power converter is negatively correlated with the number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 1, wherein the active clamp switch completes an on operation and an off operation when the primary switch is in an off state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 7, wherein the active clamp switch is turned off in a first time period or a second time period, the first time period is different from the second time period, and in the first time period or the second time period, a transformer leakage inductance current flows into a primary capacitor of the power converter through the active clamp switch. ### Claim 9 A controlling method of a power converter, comprising: performing a first switch controlling step to control a primary switch of the power converter by a first controlling signal; and performing a second switch controlling step to control an active clamp switch of the power converter by a second controlling signal; wherein a number of first times the primary switch is turned on by the first controlling signal is greater than a number of second times the active clamp switch is turned on by the second controlling signal in each of a plurality of durations, and each of the durations comprises a plurality of power converter switching cycles; wherein in the second switch controlling step, the active clamp switch is turned on after a part of the power converter switching cycles, and the part of the power converter switching cycles comprises at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein the second switch controlling step comprises: configuring a primary capacitor of the power converter to be charged by a transformer leakage inductance current at each of the power converter switching cycles through a body diode of the active clamp switch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on a clamp voltage of a primary capacitor of the power converter, and the clamp voltage is increased at the part of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined by sensing a gate voltage of the primary switch of the power converter. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on an input line voltage of the power converter, and the input line voltage of the power converter is negatively correlated with the number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein a number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles is determined based on a load of the power converter, and the load of the power converter is negatively correlated with the number of the at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 9, wherein the active clamp switch completes an on operation and an off operation when the primary switch is in an off state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The controlling method of the power converter of claim 15, wherein the active clamp switch is turned off in a first time period or a second time period, the first time period is different from the second time period, and in the first time period or the second time period, a transformer leakage inductance current flows into a primary capacitor of the power converter through the active clamp switch. ### Claim 17 A power converter, comprising: a primary switch controlled by a first controlling signal; and an active clamp switch connected to the primary switch and controlled by a second controlling signal; wherein the primary switch is turned on by the first controlling signal at each of a plurality of power converter switching cycles, the active clamp switch is not turned on by the second controlling signal at a part of the power converter switching cycles, and the active clamp switch is turned on by the second controlling signal at another part of the power converter switching cycles; wherein the active clamp switch is turned on after the part of the power converter switching cycles, and the part of the power converter switching cycles comprises at least one of the power converter switching cycles. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The power converter of claim 17, further comprising: a primary capacitor connected to the active clamp switch and configured to be charged by a transformer leakage inductance current at each of the power converter switching cycles through a body diode of the active clamp switch; wherein a number of first times the primary switch is turned on by the first controlling signal is greater than a number of second times the active clamp switch is turned on by the second controlling signal in each of a plurality of durations, and each of the durations comprises the power converter switching cycles.