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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Vratislav Michal, Villach, AT;
Nicolo Zilio, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); G01R 27/26 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/2611 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit having a power converter configured to convert an input voltage to an output voltage; a controller having an inner loop configured to regulate a peak inductor current of an inductor of the power converter to a reference peak inductor current value; and an inductor value measurement circuit configured to determine a value of the inductor based on the output voltage of the power converter and the reference peak inductor current value.