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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2019
Applicant:

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;

Inventors:

Jindong Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);

Jian Li, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/07 (2006.01); H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 3/07 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for fine tuning efficiency of a power converter are provided. In an example, a method can include acquiring a plurality of samples of an electrical characteristic of the power converter over a range of switching frequencies of the power converter to provide a plurality of sample pairs, estimating a corner value of the electrical characteristic based on the plurality of samples pairs, estimating a corresponding frequency associated with the corner value of the electrical characteristic based on frequencies of the plurality of sample pairs, and setting a switching frequency of the power converter at the corresponding frequency.


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