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Voltage mode pulse width modulation controller

US5414342A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 29, 1993
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

A pulse width modulator voltage feedforward circuit which includes a gating circuit for providing a control signal to a charge circuit which charges an integration circuit with a current proportional to an input voltage. The integration circuit provides an output ramp signal waveform having a slope proportional to the input voltage value. The gating circuit also provide a control signal to a discharge circuit, to thus alternately charge and discharge the integration circuit. The gating circuit insures that a minimum deadtime for a transformer reset will occur regardless of input voltage variations by preventing a fixed frequency signal provided by an oscillator from beginning a new ramp waveform signal period until the integration circuit is discharged to a minimum reference voltage level.

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