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Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;

Inventors:

Stefano De Filippis, Villach, AT;

Matthias Joachim Kasper, Villach, AT;

Gerald Deboy, Klagenfurt, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01); H02M 7/5395 (2006.01); H02M 7/529 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/53873 (2013.01); H02M 1/0043 (2021.05); H02M 7/5395 (2013.01); H02M 7/529 (2013.01);
Abstract

To reduce switching losses, an inverter circuitry of this disclosure may operate using triangular current mode (TCM) control for the semiconductor devices to achieve zero voltage switching (ZVS) at the turn-on of the semiconductor switches. In contrast to other techniques, such as operating the inverter circuitry in continuous conduction mode (CCM), switching devices experience hard switching (usually associated to body-diode hard commutation) at turn-on, and therefore experience the associated switching losses. The inverter circuitry of this disclosure is controlled by processing circuitry, which is configured to apply a smart frequency modulation scheme that enables TCM operation.


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