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7635957 LED temperature-dependent power supply system and method  
A LED based lighting system ( 20 ) employs a LED load temperature sensor ( 40 ) for generating a temperature-sensing signal (TSS) indicative of an operational temperature of the LED load ( 10 ), a...
7635969 Power supply unit and portable device  
A power supply unit is adapted to automatically switch its operational mode between a light load mode and a heavy load mode depending on the level of its output current. The unit has a first error...
7635968 Techniques for handling low line voltage Conditions in power supply units  
A technique for addressing a low line voltage condition in an information handling system includes determining whether a magnitude of an input voltage of a power supply unit (PSU) is below a first...
7635970 Method for implementing radiation hardened, power efficient, non isolated low output voltage DC/DC converters with non-radiation hardened components  
A method of producing an economical DC/DC converter that efficiently produces a relatively low output voltage and operates in a high ionizing radiation dose environment such as found in spacecraft...
RE41037 Adjustable minimum peak inductor current level for burst mode in current-mode DC-DC regulators  
Switching regulator circuits and methods are provided for regulating output voltage that include an adjustable minimum peak inductor current level for Burst Mode in current-mode DC-DC regulators....
7626372 Control circuit for multi-phase, multi-channels PFC converter with variable switching frequency  
A switching control circuit for multi-phases PFC converters is provided. It includes a PFC-control circuit coupled to receive a first-inductor signal and a feedback signal for generating a...
7619908 Prognostic health monitoring in switch-mode power supplies with voltage regulation  
The system includes a current injection device in electrical communication with the switch mode power supply. The current injection device is positioned to alter the initial, non-zero load current...
7615983 High frequency power device for protecting an amplifying element therein  
A high frequency power device includes a first oscillator outputting a first oscillating signal oscillated by a first predetermined frequency and a second oscillator outputting a second oscillating...
7615974 High dimming ratio LED drive circuit  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling average current by pulse modulating an output current. The apparatus includes a constant-on-time switching regulator. During the...
7615982 Power converter able to rapidly respond to fast changes in load current  
According to an embodiment, in a DC/DC converter delivering current to load, a method is provided for rapidly responding to changes in load current. The method includes: detecting fast changes in...
7615981 Boost converter with enhanced control capabilities of emulating an inductor current  
A DC to DC converter for converting an input DC voltage to an output DC voltage. The DC to DC converter may include at least one switch, an inductor coupled to the at least one switch, and a...
7616464 Reverse current control system for a power converter  
A reverse current control system for first power converter having a synchronous rectifier and an output inductance includes a reverse current module. The reverse current module monitors a first...
7612550 Dropper type regulator  
A dropper type regulator of the invention, in which a semiconductor device is connected in series between a DC power supply and a voltage output terminal, extracts a second voltage from the first...
7609043 Power array system and method  
A method of sensing current comprises providing a current sensor having a gain resolution; setting the gain resolution of the current sensor to an initial resolution; sensing current flowing...
7605575 Voltage-supply circuit and method for providing a circuit with a supply voltage  
A current-supply circuit includes a regulation transistor. The regulation transistor is formed to regulate, based on a first supply voltage present on a first supply-voltage feed line, a second...
7605576 Switching power supply device  
This invention prevents undershoot, etc., occurring in the output during the transition from intermittent control mode to continuous control mode to hinder stability, responsiveness, and low power...
7602167 Reconfigurable topology for switching and linear voltage regulators  
A configurable voltage regulator ( 28; 128 ) operable in either of two selectable modes or topologies is disclosed. In one disclosed embodiment, the voltage regulator ( 28 ) can operate as a linear...
7598718 Controller for DC to DC converter  
A DC to DC converter to convert an input voltage to an output voltage. The DC to DC converter may include a pair of switches including a high side switch and a low side switch, an inductor coupled...
7598715 Apparatus and method for reverse current correction for a switching regulator  
A synchronous switching voltage regulator circuit is provided. After the first PWM pulse or at the end of a soft-start, a gradual transition is made from asynchronous rectification to fully...
7595622 System and method for providing a sample and hold circuit for maintaining an output voltage of a constant current source circuit when a feedback loop is disconnected  
A system and method are disclosed for maintaining an output voltage of a constant current source circuit. A constant current source circuit is provided that comprises a voltage regulator, a first...
7595621 DC-DC converter control circuit and DC-DC converter control method  
In a DC-to-DC converter control circuit and control method thereof, an arithmetic circuit for outputs an add-up signal generated by adding an output voltage signal obtained by adding an output...
7592792 Power supply  
There are provided an inductive load current control circuit for detecting and controlling a current flowing to an inductive load with high accuracy, and a power supply. The inductive load current...
7592793 Voltage regulator providing power from AC power source  
A high efficiency voltage regulator for generating a regulated output voltage from an AC power source is disclosed. It includes a switch coupled to a voltage source from the AC power source to...
7589511 DC-DC voltage converter  
A DC-DC voltage converter is provided that includes a plurality of power channels and a controller. Each power channel is configured to provide a voltage output to an output node of the converter....
7589510 Voltage regulator having variable threshold voltage switch  
A voltage regulator includes a power field effect transistor and a control-loop circuit. The power field effect transistor has a threshold voltage, a drain terminal receiving an input voltage, a...
7589985 Switching Regulator  
A switching regulator is configured as a fixed-voltage regulator and contains a voltage divider. The voltage divider is supplied with a voltage signal available from a regulator output via a first...
7583069 Booster  
A booster includes a booster circuit and a microcomputer. The booster circuit outputs an output voltage. The output voltage is obtained by boosting a power supply voltage. The microcomputer...
7583068 Method for driving voltage-controlled devices or current-controlled devices  
A multifunctional driver controller capable to drive one or more voltage-controlled devices or current-controlled devices is described. The multifunctional driver controller comprises a selection...
7583066 Method of operating a DC/DC up/down converter  
A method for an up-down converter which is based on a buck converter during the current down-conversion phase (Φ 2 , Φ 3 and Φ 5 , Φ 6 , respectively) of the coil (L 1 ) supplies an output (B)...
7579819 Apparatus and method for flywheel current injection for a regulator  
A constant on-time regulator that may use a capacitor with low ESR without needing a series resistor is provided. A capacitor is employed to AC-couple a current sense voltage into the reference...
7580805 Programmable calibration circuit for power supply current sensing and droop loss compensation  
A circuit for regulating power is disclosed. The present invention provides circuits and methods for current sensing variations, static droop settings, mismatched phase outputs, and temperature...
7576529 Step-down type switching regulator  
A pulse signal generating circuit generates a pulse signal having a duty ratio controlled such that the output voltage approaches a reference voltage. A driver circuit generates first and second...
7576531 Switching regulator and electronic device therewith  
A switching regulator according to the invention includes: an output switching element; an output feedback circuit generating an error voltage (Verr) according to an error between an output voltage...
7576530 Switching regulator capable of efficient control at control mode change  
A switching regulator includes a switching transistor to switch, an inductor to store charge from an input voltage, a comparator to compare a voltage at a connecting node of the switching...
7570030 Boost converter circuit having selectable modes  
The present invention relates to a boost converter which can operate both in a capacitive and in an inductive mode. In the capacitive mode the converter operates as a charge pump circuit by making...
7570038 Control circuit to reduce reverse current of synchronous rectifier  
A control circuit for a power converter receives a switching signal that is applied to charge an inductor of the power converter. The control circuit includes a predication circuit that generates a...
7560917 Current feed-through adaptive voltage position control for a voltage regulator  
In a voltage regulator including an error amplifier to generate a first signal related to an output voltage of the voltage regulator, a current sense circuit to generate a second signal related to...
7557554 Voltage/current control apparatus and method  
A voltage/current control apparatus and method are disclosed. The apparatus includes a low-side field effect transistor (FET) having a source, a gate and a drain, a high-side field effect...
7557545 Electric power unit operating in continuous and discontinuous conduction modes and control method therefor  
An electronic power unit includes first and second MOS transistors and a digital control circuit. The first MOS transistor applies a voltage to the load. The second MOS transistor remains on while...
7557555 Method to determine an operating characteristic of a vehicle power converter  
Measured or otherwise known operating characteristics of a DC/DC power converter are used to determine, without measuring, an operating characteristic of the DC/DC power converter.
7558094 Control device for power conversion circuit  
The control device for controlling a power conversion circuit having voltage-controlled type switching elements includes a control unit generating conduction control signals for controlling...
7554311 Hybrid charge pump regulation  
Techniques for reliably and efficiently generating an output voltage for use within an electronic device, such as a memory system, are disclosed. A voltage generation circuit generates the output...
7548050 Switching power supply device and semiconductor integrated circuit  
A capacitor is disposed between the output side and the ground potential of an inductor which creates an output voltage. A first switch element supplies a current from an input voltage to an input...
7548048 Switching mode power supply and method for determining a compensation factor thereof  
A switching mode power supply is configured to have two modes, a normal mode and a measure mode. To determine a compensation factor to compensate the switching mode power supply in the normal mode,...
7545133 Power supply apparatus  
In a power supply apparatus in which a source of a MOSFET is connected to a node of a rectifier diode and a choke coil through a resonance coil, a series circuit including a capacitor and a MOSFET...
7545132 Sensor-less, low frequency adaptive current limiter and methods for limiting inductive current using the same  
Devices and systems that use an adaptively limited PWM duty-cycle to control a circuit and methods and control programs to operate and to control the devices and systems to adaptively limit the PWM...
7545134 Power supply controller and method therefor  
In one embodiment, a power supply controller is configured to form a reference signal that has selectable values. The power supply controller is also configured to form a feed-forward signal in...
7545131 Transient processing mechanism for power converters  
Transient processing mechanisms for power converters. Error generation circuitry in a power converter may generate an error signal based on the difference between a power converter output voltage...
7545129 Switching power supply circuit  
A switching power supply circuit comprises: current detection means for detecting a current flowing through an inductor; current holding means for holding the current flowing through the inductor...
7545130 Non-linear controller for switching power supply  
Methods and systems for nonlinear control of switching power supplies.