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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhibo Tao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jung-Sheng Chen, Kaohsiung, TW;
Li Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Kai-Fang Wei, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hsien Hsieh, Hsinchu, TW;
Hangseok Choi, Bedford, NH (US);
Yue-Hong Tang, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33523 (2013.01); H02M 3/335 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0054 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1433 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1491 (2013.01); Y02P 80/112 (2015.11);
Abstract
A switched-mode power supply with near valley switching includes a quasi-resonant converter. The converter includes a switch element that is turned on not only at the valley, but also in a window range of Δtclose to the valley, where the voltage across the switch element is at its minimum. This advantageously reduces switching loss and maintains a balance between efficiency and frequency variation.