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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Jens Barrenscheen, Munich, DE;
Martin Krueger, Munich, DE;
Marcus Schaemann, Munich, DE;
Ali Fawaz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 1/4258 (2013.01); H02M 3/33592 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example relates to a method for operating a converter comprising (i) determining whether a valley for switching the converter in a quasi-resonant mode is available within a predetermined time range; (ii) selecting the valley if it is available within the predetermined time range; and (iii) changing the mode for operating the converter if the valley is not available within the predetermined time range.