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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2023
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Hariharan, Livermore, CA (US);
Ron Vincent Ocampo, San Jose, CA (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Presented are average current mode control systems and methods for driving a load with a constant current. In embodiments, this is accomplished when, in response to a zero-current detection circuit detecting a zero current condition in the load current, a compensation circuit is disconnected from a first error amplifier to enable that error amplifier to provide a first voltage to a second error amplifier. The second error amplifier increases a charging current in a capacitor to reduce a dead time in the load current. Similarly, in response to an overcurrent detection circuit detecting an overcurrent condition in the load current, the compensation circuit is disconnected from the first error amplifier to enable the first error amplifier to provide a second voltage to the second error amplifier to decrease the charging current and reduce an overshoot condition.