Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd.

Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC

Sung-Won Yun

Kyung-Oun Jang

Min-Woo Lee

Hyun-Chul Eum

Tae-Sung Kim

Won-Tae Lee

Young-Mo Yang

Woo-Kang Jin

Young-Bae Park

Gwan-Bon Koo

In-Ki Park

Sang Cheol Moon

Dae-Woong Cho

Hyun Min Kim

A method includes generating a gain transition signal in response to any one of an average value of a feedback signal, a slope of the feedback signal, a slope of an input signal of the power converter, a maximum value of the input signal, and a minimum value of the input signal, and generating a first gain control signal and a second gain control signal in response to the gain transition signal. A gain transition controller includes a transition signal generator generating the gain transition signal and a gain control signal generator generating the first gain control signal and the second gain control signal in response to the gain transition signal.

System and method for controlling output signal of power converter

A method includes generating a first gain control signal and a second gain control signal in response to a gain transition signal indicating a transition of a power converter from a first gain mode to a second gain mode. The method further includes causing the power converter to enter the first gain mode in response to the first gain control signal, and causing the power converter to enter the second gain mode in response to the second gain control signal. A circuit includes a gain transition controller generating a first gain control signal and a second gain control signal in response to a gain transition signal, and a gain control circuit causing the power converter to enter the first gain mode in response to the first gain control signal and causing the power converter to enter the second gain mode in response to the second gain control signal.

A power supply device includes a power switch, a power delivering means configured to convert an input in accordance with switching operation of the power switch and output a result, and a switch control circuit configured to linearly control switching frequency of the power switch in accordance with an output detection voltage corresponding to an output voltage according to the output.

Power supply device capable of varying switching frequency according to load condition

Embodiment relates to a switch control circuit, a switch control method, and a power supply using the switch control circuit. The power supply supplies power to a load using an input voltage. The switch control circuit controls a switching operation of the power switch that controls the power supply. The switch control circuit detects a duty of the power switch using a signal for controlling the switching operation of the power switch, detects the load using the feedback voltage, and determines a short-circuit of the sense resistor according to the detected duty and the detected load.

Switch control circuit, switch control method and power supply device using the same

The present invention relates to a gate driving circuit, a switch control circuit including the gate driving circuit, and a power supply. The gate driving circuit generates a gate voltage of the power switch. The gate driving circuit includes: a delay control circuit generating a first control signal that controls a rising slope of the gate voltage at a first time after a first delay period is passed from a rising time of the gate voltage and generating a second control signal that controls the rising slope of the gate voltage at a time after a second delay period is passed from the first time; and a temperature compensation circuit that varies the first delay period according to a temperature.

Gate driver, switch control circuit and power supply device comprising the gate driver circuit

A power supply includes an input filter and a discharging device. The input filter includes a capacitor to which an AC power source is provided. The discharging device rectifies and samples the AC power source. The discharging device generates a reference voltage according to a peak voltage of a generated sampling signal, generates an AC power source cutoff detection signal according to a comparison signal generated by comparing the sampling signal and a reference voltage, and discharges the capacitor through a discharging resistor according to the AC power source cutoff detection signal.

Apparatus and method for discharging capacitor of input filter of power supply, and power supply including the apparatus

The present invention relates to a power supply device generating an output power by using an AC line voltage generated through rectification of an AC input, and a driving method thereof. The power supply device controls the switching operation of the power switch by using a sensing voltage corresponding to the drain current flowing to the power switch and the feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage. The power supply device controls the feedback current every switching cycle to generate a threshold voltage, and compares the sensing voltage and the threshold voltage to control the turn-off of the power switch. The feedback current includes the first current to generate the feedback voltage, and the threshold voltage follows a curved line waveform in which the increasing slope is decreased during the switching cycle.

Power supply device and driving method thereof

The present invention relates to a switch controlling apparatus. The switch controlling apparatus controls a main switch by using a first signal that corresponds to a current flowing to the main switch. The switch controlling apparatus includes a PWM controller for generating a control signal to control turning on/off of the main switch by using the first signal and a clock signal, and a TSD unit for changing the control signal corresponding to heat generated from the main switch. The TSD unit changes a response speed for the heat of the main switch by using the clock signal and the control signal.

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Sung-Won Yun