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US 2019/0058450 A1Published application
Valley and peak detection for switching power converter
AssigneeDialog Semiconductor GmbH
InventorsHenry Jun, Chuanyang Wang
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Abstract
A switching power converter is provided with a phase-shifting RC network for phase-shifting a divided version of a drain voltage of a power switch transistor into a phase-shifted voltage. A comparator compares the phase-shifted voltage to a DC bias voltage to detect peaks and valleys during resonant oscillations of the drain voltage of the power switch transistor.
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A switching power converter, comprising:
- a first voltage divider for dividing a terminal voltage for a terminal of a power switch transistor into a divided voltage carried on a divided voltage node;
- a second voltage divider for biasing a voltage divider node with a direct current (DC) bias voltage;
- a capacitor coupled between the voltage divider node and divided voltage node;
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- a first comparator configured to compare a voltage for the voltage divider node to the DC bias voltage to detect peaks and valleys in the terminal voltage of the power switch transistor.
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A method of operation for a switching power converter, comprising:
- during a valley-switching mode of operation, dividing a drain voltage of a power switch transistor to form a divided drain voltage while the drain voltage of the power switch transistor is resonantly oscillating;
- phase-shifting the divided drain voltage by 90 degrees to form a phase-shifted voltage that is added with a DC bias voltage to form a composite voltage;
- comparing the composite voltage to the DC bias voltage to detect valleys in the resonant oscillations of the drain voltage of the power switch transistor;
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- switching on the power switch transistor at a selected one of the detected valleys in the resonant oscillations of the drain voltage of the power switch transistor.
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A flyback converter, comprising:
- a power switch transistor having a terminal, wherein the terminal is connected to a primary winding of a transformer;
- a capacitive voltage divider configured to divide a voltage for the terminal to form a divided voltage;
- a capacitive network configured to phase-shift the divided voltage to form a phase-shifted voltage;
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- a comparator configured to compare the phase-shifted voltage to a reference voltage to detect peaks and valleys in a resonant oscillation of the voltage for the terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.