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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2022
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dianbo Fu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jinghai Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daocheng Huang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Junjie Feng, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33573 (2021.05); H02M 1/0095 (2021.05); H02M 3/33584 (2013.01); H02M 3/01 (2021.05);
Abstract
A hybrid DC-DC converter includes a converter circuit, a bridge circuit with a bridge path that includes a winding of a transformer, and another bridge circuit with a bridge path that includes another winding of the transformer. Current through the bridge path of the other bridge circuit flows through the converter circuit in one direction and bypasses the converter circuit in the other direction. The converter circuit can operate in buck, boost, or buck-boost mode.