Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Average current and frequency control
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Application No.: US16021556Application Date: 2018-06-28
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Publication No.: US10321527B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Jean-Paul Eggermont
- Applicant: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US AZ Phoenix
- Agency: Wash Park IP Ltd.
- Agent John T. Kennedy
- Main IPC: H05B33/08
- IPC: H05B33/08 ; H02M1/44 ; H02M3/158 ; H05B37/02 ; H02M1/088 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems and methods for regulating the output currents of a power supply at a target output current include a buck converter module operably connected to a power source and a load. A first switch couples the power source to the buck converter module during a first period of a given operating cycle, while the buck converter module stores and provides electrical power to the load. During a second period, a second switch may discharge, the electrical power stored during the first period. A current sensor senses the currents during at least one of the first period and the second period and, over the operating cycle, the switching times are adjusted so the average output current equals the target output current. Adjustments to the first and second period durations result in maximum and a minimum currents symmetrically disposed about the average current provided to the load during the operating cycle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180324914A1 AVERAGE CURRENT AND FREQUENCY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2018-11-08
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