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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Marcus Schaemann, Munich, DE;
Robert Pizzuti, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Ali Fawaz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/33523 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example relates to a method for operating a converter comprising a primary side of a transformer and a secondary side of the transformer, wherein a switching element is used for conveying energy from the primary side to the secondary side, the method comprising (i) determining a voltage drop across the primary side of the transformer; (ii) determining at least one additional voltage drop across at least one component of the converter's primary side; and (iii) determining an input voltage at the converter via the voltage drops.