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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2023
Applicant:

Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Nameer Ahmed Khan, Toronto, CA;

Olivier Trescases, Toronto, CA;

John Pigott, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Hendrik Johannes Bergveld, Eindhoven, NL;

Gerard Villar Piqué, Eindhoven, NL;

Alaa Eldin Y El Sherif, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/157 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/157 (2013.01); H02M 1/0012 (2021.05); H02M 1/008 (2021.05); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, power converter and controller are disclosed for controlling a power converter having a main converter connected between a first input voltage and a ground and having a main output at an output terminal, an auxiliary converter connected between a second input voltage and the ground and having an auxiliary output, an output capacitor connected between the main output terminal and a ground, and an auxiliary capacitor connected between the auxiliary output and the main output terminal; and a controller; the method comprising: operating the main converter at a first frequency, operating the auxiliary converter at a second frequency; controlling the main converter to control the voltage at the auxiliary output; and controlling the auxiliary converter to control the voltage at the main output.


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