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Process for operating a switching controller and switching controller functioning according to this process

US4864480A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 28, 1988
Grant dateSep 5, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 28, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/33507
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The operating process is based on the existance and cooperation of at least six functional units (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70), whereby the functional units (65, 66, 67) have a monitoring and control function. Functional units (64, 68, 70) together form the pause and frequency control circuit. Functional unit (65) monitors demagnetization of the transformer (2), functional unit (66) controls the time-averaged output current and functional unit (67) controls the output voltage of the switching controller. Functional unit (64) forms the voltage time-integral of the input voltage and functional unit (68) determines the target value of this voltage time-integral according to the pause duration determined. The process can be extended to monitoring the input voltage for the overshooting of a maximum value by a functional unit (71) and for under-shooting of a minimum value by a functional unit (72). A new switching phase can begin only if all functional units (65, 66, 67, 71, 72) having monitoring functions issue a release signal to an AND-gate controlling a bistable switch (70).

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