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Switch-mode power supply (SMPS) with auto-tuning using limit-cycle oscillation response evaluation

US7622820B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 23, 2008
Grant dateNov 24, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 5, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/1566
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switch-mode power supply (SMPS) with auto-tuning using limit-cycle oscillation response evaluation provides optimized performance with reduced capacitance and inductance requirements for a given design. During operation of the SMPS, parameters of the converter are extracted, and the feedback and/or feed-forward compensation is adjusted to either hold the loop bandwidth of the converter near the critical bandwidth of the output capacitors, or maintain output voltage transients within a specified limit. The compensator response is either periodically updated, or is updated in response to an event, such as detection of a transient voltage spike having a characteristic that exceeds one or more predetermined thresholds.

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