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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Intersil Americas Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Laur, Raleigh, NC (US);
Daniel Zheng, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
INTERSIL AMERICAS LLC, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H03K 7/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/15 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H03K 7/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/15 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0022 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment pertains to a method including determining the duty cycle of a PWM signal, operating in valley current control mode when the duty cycle is greater than fifty percent, operating in peak current control mode when the duty cycle is less than fifty percent, and including, commencing a PWM pulse upon the occurrence of a pulse of a first clock signal pulse, and terminating the PWM pulse upon a level of a signal exceeding a positive window threshold.