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Method for anticipatory control of a switched-mode power supply for compensating for fluctuations in feed voltage and circuit configuration for performing the method

US5386187A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1993
Grant dateJan 31, 1995
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M1/0022
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switched-mode power supply for compensating for fluctuations in a feed voltage includes at least one electronic switch and a control circuit with a frequency generator, a comparator circuit, and a trigger circuit. The trigger circuit furnishes a trigger signal for the electronic switch as a function of an output signal of the comparator circuit and an output signal of the frequency generator. The comparator circuit has a switching threshold being defined as a function of a load current of the switched-mode power supply. The comparator circuit has a signal input being triggered with a periodically rising and falling control signal having a frequency defined by the frequency generator. The control signal has a signal shape being varied as a function of an instantaneous value of a feed voltage of the switched-mode power supply. In a method for anticipatory control of the power supply for compensating for feed voltage fluctuations, the control signal has a direct component and an alternating component, and only the direct component of the control signal is varied as a function of fluctuations of the feed voltage of the power supply.

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