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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
May. 05, 2021
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Salvatore Giombanco, Cassaro, IT;
Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Dallas, TX (US);
Rosario Stracquadaini, San Gregorio di Cantania, IT;
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments include systems, methods, and apparatuses for controlling off-time during a burst mode in an LLC converter. In one embodiment, a circuit comprises an LLC converter having a primary side and a burst mode controller, the burst mode controller configured to monitor, on the primary side of the LLC converter, electrical current, and in response to a determination that the electrical current is below a first threshold, increase an off-time for switches in the LLC converter and in response to a determination that the electrical current is above a second threshold that is higher than the first threshold, decrease the off-time for the switches in the LLC converter.