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Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Munadir A. Ahmed, Sna Mateo, CA (US);

Aditya J. Kulkarni, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/34 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33592 (2013.01); H02M 1/0032 (2021.05); H02M 1/342 (2021.05); H02M 3/33523 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power converter including a controller to control a synchronous rectifier (SR) switch. The controller includes a request control circuit and a discharge prevention circuit. The request control circuit is configured to generate a request signal in response to an output of the power converter. The request control circuit generates a secondary control signal to control the SR switch. The discharge prevention circuit is configured to prevent a parasitic capacitance discharge of a power switch caused by a turn on of the SR switch. The discharge prevention circuit is further generates a prevent signal to disable the secondary control signal from control of the synchronous rectifier switch when a period of the request signal is greater than a first time threshold, and enable the secondary control signal to control the synchronous rectifier switch when the period of the request signal is less than a second time threshold.


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