Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zero-current crossing detection circuits
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Application No.: US14822294Application Date: 2015-08-10
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Publication No.: US09774258B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Marcelo de Paula Campos
- Applicant: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Main IPC: G05F1/00
- IPC: G05F1/00 ; H02M3/158 ; G01R19/00 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
Systems and methods for zero-current crossing detection circuits. In some embodiments, a circuit may include a buck converter comprising a high-side switch, a low-side switch, and an inductor; a zero-current crossing detection circuit comprising a reference switch coupled to a current source, where the reference switch is controllable conjointly with the low-side switch; an amplifier coupled to: (a) a first node between the current source and reference switch, where in operation the first node has a positive voltage value during an interval of interest, and a (b) second node between the low-side switch and the inductor, where in operation the second node has a negative voltage value during the interval of interest; and a comparator coupled to the amplifier, the comparator configured to output a flag in response to a detection that a decreasing current through the inductor has reached a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170047840A1 ZERO-CURRENT CROSSING DETECTION CIRCUITS Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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