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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Ralf Schroeder Genannt Berghegger, Glandorf, DE;
Inventor:
Ralf Schroeder genannt Berghegger, Glandorf, DE;
Assignee:
Power Systems Technologies Ltd., Ebene, MU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for a power converter and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the controller includes a peak detector, coupled to a circuit element of the power converter, configured to produce a signal corresponding to a peak current through a circuit element. The controller also includes an adjustable reference circuit responsive to a difference between the signal and a reference signal corresponding to a desired peak current to produce a corrected signal corresponding to the peak current.