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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Applicants:
Darryl J. Tschirhart, Newmarket, CA;
Praveen K. Jain, Kingston, CA;
Inventors:
Darryl J. Tschirhart, Newmarket, CA;
Praveen K. Jain, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
SPARQ Systems Inc., Kingston, ON, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to circuits and methods for controlling a resonant power converter. Control of the power converter may comprise comparing an output voltage or current of the converter to at least one reference voltage or current; enabling primary side switching signals based on a first selected result of the comparison; and disabling primary side switching signals based on a second selected result of the comparison; wherein a primary side switching signal for each primary side switch includes at least one off-on-off transition.