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Timing circuit for synchronous DC/DC control to reduce synchronous rectifier body diode conduction

US6861826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 2003
Grant dateMar 1, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B70/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device and method for synchronizing activation and deactivation of a high-side switch (102) and a low-side switch (104) in a converter including an input (421) for receiving a reference signal from a signal generator and circuitry (400) coupled to the input and responsive to the reference signal for providing a control signal (422) for the high-side switch (102) having a constant pulse width corresponding the pulse width of the reference signal, and for providing a control signal (423) for the low-side (104) switch having a pulse width which is modulated on both the trailing edge and leading edge thereof for providing synchronization between activation and deactivation of the high-side switch (102) and the low-side switch (104) via the respective control signals.

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