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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventor:
Joel Turchi, Garonne sur Garonne, FR;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01); H02M 1/44 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33546 (2013.01); H02M 1/42 (2013.01); H02M 1/4225 (2013.01); H02M 1/44 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0032 (2013.01); Y02B 70/126 (2013.01); Y02B 70/16 (2013.01); Y02P 80/112 (2015.11);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a converter includes a power factor controller that varies the switching frequency of a switching transistor in accordance with a signal representative of power at the input of the converter.