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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Stephanie Cannenterre, Colomiers, FR;
Christophe Basso, Pibrac, FR;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33523 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0058 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a power supply includes detecting a transition of the power supply to discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), and locking an operating point of the power supply after detecting the transition. The operating point can be unlocked when a timer expires or when a feedback voltage slope exceeds a threshold.