Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for power converter fault condition detection
- Patent Title (中): 电力转换器故障状态检测方法及装置
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Application No.: US14279005Application Date: 2014-05-15
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Publication No.: US09071153B2Publication Date: 2015-06-30
- Inventor: Alex B. Djenguerian , Erdem Bircan
- 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
- Agency: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/335
- IPC: H02M3/335 ; H02M1/32

Abstract:
A controller includes a control, a sensor, and a fault detector. The control is configured to control a switch to regulate an output of the power converter. The sensor receives a signal from a terminal of the controller that is representative of an input voltage during an ON state of the switch and is representative of an output voltage during an OFF state of the switch. The sensor is configured to sample the signal from the terminal during the ON state to generate a first sample signal and to sample the signal from the terminal during the OFF state to generate a second sample signal. The fault detector detects a fault condition in response to either the first or the second sample signals. The control inhibits the switching of the switch to reduce a power output level of the power converter in response to the fault condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140247628A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONVERTER FAULT CONDITION DETECTION Public/Granted day:2014-09-04
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