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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:

Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mingming Mao, Saratoga, CA (US);

Ricardo Luis Janezic Pregitzer, Campbell, CA (US);

Michael Yue Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);

Tiziano Pastore, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33515 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 3/335 (2013.01); Y02B 70/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A controller for use in a power converter includes a state selection circuit coupled to receive an input voltage sense signal representative of an input voltage, a switch current sense signal representative of a switch current of a power switch, and a feedback signal representative of an output quantity of the power converter. The state selection circuit is coupled to generate an input voltage signal in response to the input voltage sense signal, an input current signal in response to the switch current sense signal, and an input threshold signal in response to the feedback signal. A state machine circuit is coupled to the state selection circuit to generate a drive signal in response to the input voltage signal, the input current signal, and the input threshold signal to switch the power switch to control a transfer of energy from an input to an output of the power converter.


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