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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Frédéric Gautier, Monnaie, FR;
Bertrand Rivet, Vouvray, FR;
Inventors:
Frédéric Gautier, Monnaie, FR;
Bertrand Rivet, Vouvray, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS, Tours, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 7/5387 (2007.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01); H02P 29/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/53871 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02P 27/085 (2013.01); H02P 29/0088 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0029 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0054 (2013.01); H02P 2207/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling at least one switch in a power converter, wherein the switching speed of the switch dynamically varies according to a measurement of a quantity representative of the efficiency of the converter.