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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Johan Christiaan Halberstadt, Nijmegen, NL;
Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an energy converter for supplying electric energy from an energy source to a load. The converter comprises a transformer having a primary side and a secondary side, the secondary side being adapted to be connected to the load. At least a first and a second controllable switch are arranged in series with each other. The energy converter further comprises a control device for generating control signals with which the first and the second switch are opened and closed for generating an alternating current in the primary side of the transformer, the control device comprising with means for comparing a threshold value with the value of a quantity which relates or is equal to the value of a change of the voltage per unit of time at a node of the first switch and the second switch for determining switching instants of the first and the second switch. The control device is adapted to determine a reached maximum value of said quantity and to determine the threshold value on the basis of the determined maximum value of the quantity. As a result, delay of the comparator may be compensated, while in the near-capacitive mode switching can take place with minimal switching losses.