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Power supply apparatus and method of controlling power supply circuit

US6194883A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 20, 2000
Grant dateFeb 27, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/157
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The DC output of a power conversion unit is controlled based on a pulse signal generated by a PWM unit. An operations unit detects an output current Iout, and determines the operation mode of a load based on the detected current value. When the output current Iout is weak, a value smaller than usual is written to a cycle register. The PWM unit generates a pulse signal according to the data stored in the cycle register and an on-time register.

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