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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Kosugi, Gunma, JP;
Hiroshi Okawa, Gunma, JP;
Yoshitugu Iijima, Gunma, JP;
Masataka Sashikata, Gunma, JP;
Yoji Imai, Gunma, JP;
TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a power convertor includes a buck-boost circuit; a switch driver, a switching controller, and a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal. In maximum power-point tracking, the switching controller causes the buck-boost circuit to stop outputting the output voltage, and varies the voltage value of the input voltage in a given range, which is from a lower-limit voltage value at which the switch driver is operable, by switching between the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal while varying a duty factor.