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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Ali Fawaz, Dearborn, MI (US);
Marcus Schaemann, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/36 (2013.01); H02M 3/33523 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a power system includes operating a power converter at a first output power, monitoring a first input voltage at an input port of the power converter. The method further includes upon detecting that the first input voltage drops below a first pre-determined voltage threshold, reducing the first output power of the power converter to a second output power lower than the first output power, and suspending operation of the power converter after the reducing the first output power of the power converter.