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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Leendert Albertus Dick Van Den Broeke, Malden, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/14 (2006.01); H02M 7/217 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/217 (2013.01); H02M 1/4225 (2013.01); H05B 33/08 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0036 (2013.01); Y02B 70/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is disclosed an AC/DC converter circuit. The circuit comprises: an input terminal for receiving an AC supply voltage; a driver circuit adapted to supply a DC drive current or voltage to an output of the circuit based on a signal provided to a control terminal of the driver circuit; and an AC coupling network connected between the input terminal and the control terminal of the driver circuit. The AC coupling network is adapted to derive a signal from an AC supply voltage received by the input terminal and to supply the derived signal to the control terminal of the driver circuit.