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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2023
Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd, Hangzhou, CN;
Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) LTD, Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A method of controlling a three-level DC-DC converter having first, second, third, and fourth power switches coupled in series between an input voltage and a reference ground, and a flying capacitor coupled between a common node of the first and second power switches and a common node of the third and fourth power switches, can include: operating the flying capacitor in a first mode in which the voltage across the flying capacitor is controlled to not be decreased in at least two consecutive first intervals, where each first interval is half of a switching period of the three-level DC-DC converter; and operating the flying capacitor in a second mode in which the voltage across the flying capacitor is controlled not to be increased in at least two consecutive first intervals, such that the voltage across the flying capacitor approaches a predetermined value.