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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Pai Capital Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ivan Feno, Bertschikon, CH;
Matthias Uhlmann, Fällanden, CH;
Assignee:
BEL POWER SOLUTIONS INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/42 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/4241 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided of operating a resonant converter, the converter having a controller and power stage and providing an output voltage, by determining a characteristic frequency of the power stage. The characteristic frequency is defined as a natural oscillation frequency of the power stage observed right after the power stage control signals from the controller are disabled. The converter is operated at the characteristic frequency during ramp-up or ramp-down of the converter output voltage and/or during overload or input overvoltage conditions.