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Flyback switching regulator with primary side regulation

US8884551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 14, 2013
Grant dateNov 11, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2033

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

Abstract

The disclosed switching regulator, including a controller for a switching regulator, is adaptable to supplying, or controlling the supply of, regulated current to a load that is isolated from a source of input power by a flyback transformer, and includes: (a) detecting, after transistor SWOFF, a zero crossing ZCD corresponding to a primary side switching node voltage VSW decreasing to the input voltage Vin, which occurs after a secondary current IS is substantially zero and before the next SWON; (c) establishing a time-integral window T-I_W with a leading edge corresponding to SWOFF and a trailing edge corresponding to ZCD; and (d) modulating at least the time SWOFF relative to SWON based on the primary peak current IPP at SWOFF and the time-integral window, such that a regulated load current is supplied to the load.

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