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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Magnetic peak current mode control for radiation tolerant active driven synchronous power converters
Crane Electronics, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Cuon Lam, Renton, WA (US);
Kai Liu, Redmond, WA (US);
Herman Chen, Edmonds, WA (US);
Sovann Song, Kent, WA (US);
Khoa Nguyen, Seattle, WA (US);
Crane Electronics, Inc., Lynnwood, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing peak current mode control (PCMC) for power converters using discrete analog components. A pair of complementary bipolar junction transistors may be used to set a maximum duty cycle for the power converter. PCMC may be achieved using a comparator that compares peak input current to an error feedback signal and terminates a pulse-width modulation (PWM) pulse when the peak input current exceeds the error feedback signal. A magnetic signal transformer may be used to establish a secondary side bias voltage supply, to return the error signal, and to drive an AC-coupled signal for a synchronous gate drive. A synchronous switch may be turned on when the main switch is turned off via an output winding of the flyback transformer and may be turned off by the trailing edge of a clock pulse from the magnetic signal transformer before the main switch is turned on.