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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes driving an electronic switch in a switched-mode power converter in successive drive cycles, wherein driving the switch in each of the drive cycles comprises switching on the electronic for an on-period and subsequently switching off the electronic switch for an off-period, and measuring an operation parameter of the switched-mode power converter during the on-periods of the drive cycles, and storing the operation parameter measured in an on-period if a duration of the on-period met a predefined criteria. The method further includes forcing the on-period of a drive cycle to meet the predefined criteria if the operation parameter has not been stored for a predefined number of drive cycles, or for a pre-defined time duration.