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Power supply apparatus and method of controlling power supply circuit for generating a DC output

US6204650A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 28, 1998
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A electric power conversion unit generates a DC output according to a pulse signal from a PWM unit. An A/D conversion unit converts the output voltage from the electric power conversion unit into digital data. A digital filter amplifies the difference between the digital data output from the A/D conversion unit and a reference value. A pulse width computation unit computes the on-time of a pulse signal provided to the electric power conversion unit based on the output from the digital filter. The on-time is written to an on-time register. The PWM unit generates a pulse signal according to the cycle set in a cycle register and the on-time written to the on-time register, and provides the signal to the electric power conversion unit.

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