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Switching regulator control

US4316136A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 1980
Grant dateFeb 16, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/156
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for controlling a switching regulator composed of a controllable electronic switch and a transformer, in which the electronic switch forms a series path with the transformer primary, the series path is connected in series between a direct voltage source and a load, and the amplitude of the current flowing through the switch constitutes a criterion for controlling the load voltage, which method includes periodically causing the switch to assume one switching state at regular intervals occurring with a predetermined frequency, comparing the value of a comparison voltage corresponding to the load voltage and having a selected nominal value with a second voltage value, and causing the switch to assume its opposite switching state when a predetermined relation exists between the comparison voltage value and the second voltage value, the second voltage value is defined by the sum of the values of a constant reference voltage, a control voltage which varies as a function of the current induced in the transformer secondary by current through the switch subsequent to closing of the switch and while the switch remains closed and a voltage having a sawtooth waveform and varying be…

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