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Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2015
Applicant:

Astec International Limited, Kowloon, HK;

Inventors:
Assignee:

ASTEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, HK;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); H02M 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A switch controller for a variable output voltage power converter includes a pulse width modulator (PWM) output producing a pulsed signal for driving a power converter switch. A mode selector output is connected to a multiplier. A period selector output is connected to the multiplier and to a PWM input. The multiplier output is connected to another PWM input. A comparator output is connected to a period selector input. The period selector outputs a nominal cycle time to the PWM when an operating on-time state is greater than a minimum operating on-time. The period selector outputs an updated cycle time greater than the nominal cycle time when the operating on-time state is less than the minimum operating on-time causing the PWM to output a pulsed signal with the updated cycle time and a duty cycle equal to a duty cycle of an immediately preceding pulsed signal.


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