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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2017
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Tdk Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Kokusho, Kyoto, JP;
Takuya Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A switch drive circuit drives a full-bridge output stage connected to a transformer to alternately switch between a first cycle in which a current in a first direction is supplied to the transformer and a second cycle in which a current in a second direction is supplied to the transformer. The switch drive circuit includes a mode in which a dead time of the output stage is set in accordance with a magnitude of a current flown in one of the first and second cycles, the dead time becoming an operation changing factor in the other cycle. Or, the switch drive circuit includes a mode in which the dead time of the output stage is set in accordance with a magnitude of an average current obtained by averaging currents flown in the first and second cycles. Or, the switch drive circuit switches between these modes in accordance with a signal.