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AssigneeNavitas Semiconductor Limited
InventorsVictor Sinow, Weijing Du
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Systems and methods that automatically detect state of switches in power converters are disclosed. In one aspect, a power switch includes a first switch coupled between a power input node and a first terminal of a load, a second switch coupled between the power input node and a second terminal of the load, first and second current sense devices arranged to transmit first and second signals including at least one of a magnitude and polarity of first and second currents through the first and second switches, respectively, a first driver circuit arranged to transmit first control signals to the first switch based at least in part on a voltage at the power input node and the first signal, and a second driver circuit arranged to transmit second control signals to the second switch based at least in part on the voltage at the power input node and the second signal.
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The PFC circuit of claim 14, further comprising:
A circuit comprising:
The PFC circuit of claim 15, further comprising a controller arranged to transmit control signals to the first power switch and to the second power switch.
A power factor correction (PFC) circuit comprising:
The PFC circuit of claim 16, wherein the first driver circuit comprises a first threshold generation circuit and the second driver circuit comprises a second threshold generation circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.