# US 12,603,568 B2 · Power module, totem-pole power factor correction circuit, and control circuit thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,568 B2 - Document ID: US12603568B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/455,913 - Filed: 2023-08-25 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-26 - Assignees: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ken Chin; Shuaibing Wang; Bo Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603568B2 ## CPC - H02M 1/4233: {using a bridge converter comprising active switches} - H02M 1/0022: {the disturbance parameters being input voltage fluctuations} - H02M 1/0054: {Transistor switching losses (periodically suspending operation of switching converter in low power mode H02M1/0035)} - H02M 1/0085: {Partially controlled bridges} - H02M 1/08: Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters - H02M 3/158: including plural semiconductor devices as final control devices for a single load - Y02B 70/10: Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes - 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) - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract A power module, a totem-pole power factor correction circuit, and a control circuit thereof. In response to a case in which a phase value of a transient voltage of an input voltage of the totem-pole power factor correction circuit is within a predetermined phase range, and an absolute value of a voltage value is less than a predetermined voltage value, the control circuit controls a main power switch in the totem-pole power factor correction circuit to be turned on and off, and controls an auxiliary power switch to remain off. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A totem-pole power factor correction circuit, comprising: a half-bridge circuit and a control circuit, wherein the half-bridge circuit comprises a main power switch and an auxiliary power switch; the totem-pole power factor correction circuit is configured to receive an input voltage, and provide an output voltage; the control circuit is configured to output a control signal to the half-bridge circuit; and wherein: when a phase value of the input voltage is within a predetermined phase range, and an absolute value of a voltage value of the input voltage is less than a predetermined voltage value, the main power switch is turned on and off based on the control signal, and the auxiliary power switch remains off based on the control signal, wherein the predetermined phase range is 0 degrees to 180 degrees and 270 degrees to 360 degrees, and the predetermined voltage value is k times a peak voltage of the output voltage, with k being greater than 0 and less than 1; when the phase value of the input voltage is not within the predetermined phase range, the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal; and when the absolute value of the voltage value of the input voltage is greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage value, the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The totem-pole power factor correction circuit according to claim 1, wherein the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal; and a duration of each on-session of the main power switch is negatively correlated with an absolute value of a voltage value of the input voltage, wherein the duration of each on-session of the main power switch is n times a preset duration of each on-session of the main power switch, and n is negatively correlated with the absolute value of the voltage value of the input voltage. ### Claim 3 A power module, configured to obtain an input voltage, and supply power to a load, the power module comprising: a totem-pole power factor correction circuit configured to obtain the input voltage and provide an output voltage; and a direct current conversion circuit configured to perform voltage conversion on the output voltage and then supply power to the load; and the totem-pole power factor correction circuit comprises a half-bridge circuit and a control circuit, the half-bridge circuit comprises a main power switch and an auxiliary power switch; the control circuit is configured to output a control signal to the half-bridge circuit; and wherein: when a phase value of the input voltage is within a predetermined phase range, and an absolute value of a voltage value of the input voltage is less than a predetermined voltage value, the main power switch is turned on and off based on the control signal, and the auxiliary power switch remains off based on the control signal, wherein the predetermined phase range is 0 degrees to 180 degrees and 270 degrees to 360 degrees, and the predetermined voltage value is k times a peak voltage of the output voltage, with k being greater than 0 and less than 1, when the phase value of the input voltage is not within the predetermined phase range, the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal, and when the absolute value of the voltage value of the input voltage is greater than or equal to the predetermined voltage value, the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The power module according to claim 3, wherein the main power switch and the auxiliary power switch are alternately turned on and off based on the control signal; and a duration of each on-session of the main power switch is negatively correlated with an absolute value of a voltage value of the input voltage, wherein the duration of each on-session of the main power switch is n times a preset duration of each on-session of the main power switch, and n is negatively correlated with the absolute value of the voltage value of the input voltage.