Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power converter fault detection by counting request pulses
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Application No.: US16431897Application Date: 2019-06-05
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Publication No.: US10811956B2Publication Date: 2020-10-20
- Inventor: Karl Moore , Antonius Jacobus Johannes Werner
- Applicant: Power Integrations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Brian H. Floyd
- Main IPC: H02M1/32
- IPC: H02M1/32 ; H02M1/36 ; H02M3/335 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A controller for a multiple output power converter, including an error amplifier configured to generate an error signal based on a difference between an output signal of a multiple output power converter and a reference signal. A switch request circuit is configured to generate a request signal in response to the error signal. The switch request circuit is further configured to control a switching of a power switch of the multiple output power converter to transfer energy from an input of the multiple output power converter to an output of the multiple output power converter. A power limit fault circuit is configured to receive the request signal and the error signal, the power limit fault circuit further configured to generate a first fault signal in response to detection of an output overload or short circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190356216A1 POWER CONVERTER FAULT DETECTION BY COUNTING REQUEST PULSES Public/Granted day:2019-11-21
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