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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Ta-yung Yang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Chien-yuan Lin, Taipei County, TW;
Tso-min Chen, Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
System General Corp., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention presents a surge output protection for a control circuit of power converter. It comprises an input circuit for generating a threshold signal. A first comparator is coupled to receive a signal representative the current through a power switch. The first comparator further generates a control signal in response to the signal and the threshold signal. A timer circuit is utilized to generate a time-out signal in response to the control signal. The time-out signal is coupled to turn off the power switch.