Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zero-current detector for voltage converter
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Application No.: US16438473Application Date: 2019-06-12
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Publication No.: US10819213B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Shenglan Bi , Bo Fan , Meng Wang
- Applicant: NXP USA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4a7c892e
- Main IPC: H02M1/08
- IPC: H02M1/08 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A method for detecting zero-current of a voltage converter includes resetting a comparator output during a first period when a power switch of the voltage converter is turned on, and receiving, by an offset cancellation circuit, sample signals from the comparator. The method also determines a comparator offset using the sample signals. In response to an output voltage of the voltage converter being less than a threshold voltage, the comparator output is reset during a second period when the power switch is turned off. The comparator compares a first signal from the voltage converter with a second signal representing a ground voltage to generate a ZCD signal indicative of a comparison of the first and second signals. Then, an offset cancellation signal indicative of the determined comparator offset is generated to cancel the comparator offset.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200144901A1 ZERO-CURRENT DETECTOR FOR VOLTAGE CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2020-05-07
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