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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

May. 31, 2013
Applicants:

Nagasaki University, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, JP;

Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Fujio Kurokawa, Nagasaki, JP;

Masahito Ohnishi, Kadoma, JP;

Assignees:

NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, JP;

PANASONIC CORPORATION, Kadoma-shi, Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 1/4225 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H02M 2001/4291 (2013.01); Y02B 70/126 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a control device of a power converter circuit repeating accumulation of energy to an inductor and release of energy from the inductor at each turn on/turn off timing of a switch, a zero cross detecting circuit detects a time when a current flowing through the inductor becomes zero by inputting a voltage between both terminals of the inductor directly without any resistance for detecting the inductor current. There is no electricity loss caused by the resistance for detecting the inductor current and critical mode control of the power converter circuit is precisely carried out.


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