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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Ole P. Moyer, Chandler, AZ (US);
Paul Jay Harriman, Belfair, WA (US);
Benjamin M. Rice, Cumberland, RI (US);
Christopher J. Gass, Tempe, AZ (US);
Michael A. Stapleton, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ole P. Moyer, Chandler, AZ (US);
Paul Jay Harriman, Belfair, WA (US);
Benjamin M. Rice, Cumberland, RI (US);
Christopher J. Gass, Tempe, AZ (US);
Michael A. Stapleton, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A method for mitigating aliasing effects in a single phase power converter and mitigating aliasing effects and inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A single phase or multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the single phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the single phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.