Abstract:
To reduce power loss in an intermediate bus architecture power system, an intermediate bus converter is provided which converts an input voltage to an intermediate bus voltage using a converting unit; receives a signal indicative of an output of a converting unit; determines an intermediate bus voltage to reduce power loss in dependence upon the signal indicative of an output of the converting unit; generates a control signal to control the converting unit to convert the input voltage to the determined intermediate bus voltage; and generates an intermediate bus voltage in dependence upon the control signal.
Abstract:
A switched mode power supply (SMPS) comprising a feedback unit, voltage feed forward (VFF) compensation signal generator (1211) and a transient detector (701) is disclosed. A VFF compensation signal is only applied to the output of the feedback unit when a transient is detected by the transient detector (701) on the input voltage of the SMPS, thereby a saving power and computation time. The transient detector (701) comprises a first comparator (402) to detect that a positive transient has occurred if a difference signal is greater than a positive threshold level Cb1Q); a second comparator (403) to determine if the difference signal is within a predetermined range of positive values and output a result that indicates if the difference signal is within the predetermined range of positive values; and a first calculator (405) to detect that a positive transient has occurred if, out of a first predetermined number (N1) of consecutive results of the output of the second comparator (403), there is at least a second predetermined number (X1) of results indicating that the difference signal is within the predetermined range of positive values. The transient detector comprises further features for similarly detecting a negative transient. The transient detector (701) is particularly good at dealing with measurement noise and light load induced noise.
Abstract:
An isolated switched mode power supply, SMPS, comprising: a switching controller (230) operable to generate startup switching control signals during start-up of the isolated SMPS (200), and operational switching control signals of period T during subsequent operation of the isolated SMPS (200); a transformer (110) having a primary winding (111); and a full-bridge drive circuit arranged to drive the primary winding (ill) of the transformer in response to the switching control signals. The full-bridge drive - circuit has: a first switching element (Q2); a boot-strap driving circuit (120) arranged to switch the first switching element (Q2) in response to the switching control signals, the boot-strap driving circuit having a boot-strap capacitor; and a second switching element (Q4) connected to the first switching element (Q2) and to the boot-strap driving circuit (120), and arranged to conduct a current to charge the boot-strap capacitor when switched ON in response to the switching control signals. The switching controller (230) is operable to start up the isolated SMPS by: determining a duty cycle D for the operational switching control signals based on a voltage (V t) at an output of the isolated SMPS; and generating the start-up switching control signals comprising a first voltage pulse of duration PI to temporarily switch ON the second switching element (Q4), and a subsequent second voltage pulse of duration P2 to temporarily switch ON the first switching element (Q2), wherein P1
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to methods a system and a module for operating a power converter module (1) the power converter module (1) comprises a voltage converter (4) an output circuitry (7) and a processing circuitry (8) operable for controlling the voltage converter (4). According to an embodiment the method comprises transmitting (10) a first status signal representing operating parameters of the voltage converter (4) to the processing circuitry (8). Determining (11) whether the status of the voltage converter (4) is acceptable or unacceptable. The method also comprises transmitting (12) a second status signal representing the operating parameters of the output circuitry (7) to the processing circuitry (8). The method also comprises determining (13) if the second status signal is above a predetermined threshold value. When the second status signal is above said predetermined threshold value and the status of the voltage converter (4) is acceptable (14) entering a peak output mode (15). The peak output mode (15) involves determining (16) based on a maximum output voltage if the output voltage is allowed to increase. If allowed increasing (17) the output voltage and operating (18) the voltage converter (4) at maximum power dissipation as long as the status of the voltage converter (4) is acceptable and the second status signal is above said predetermined threshold value (19).