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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Jason W. Lawrence, Austin, TX (US);
Graeme G. Mackay, Austin, TX (US);
Sakkarapani Balagopal, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cirrus Logic, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); G01R 19/16538 (2013.01); H03K 5/24 (2013.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 1/0012 (2021.05);
Abstract
A method for controlling a current associated with a power converter may comprise controlling the current based on at least a peak current threshold level for the current and a valley current threshold level for the current, and further controlling the current based on a duration of time that the power converter spends in a switching state of the power converter.