Abstract:
A synchronous rectifier, including an energy storage element (L) having a terminal (LX); a power supply input (V cc ), connected to the terminal of the storage element in a first time interval; a reference line connected to the terminal of the storage element in a second time interval; and a zero comparator (24), coupled to the terminal (LX) of the storage element (L) to detect a current (I L ) flowing in the energy storage element and disconnect the terminal of the storage element from the reference line upon detecting a zero current, the zero comparator having an offset (Voff) and a propagation time; the zero comparator further having an offset control input (24a) and an output. An offset regulating loop (21-26) is coupled between the output of the zero comparator (24) and the offset control input and regulates the offset of the zero comparator to compensate the propagation time.