Invention Application
- Patent Title: ARCHITECTURE FOR AC/DC SMPS WITH PFC AND MULTI-MODE LLC DC/DC CONVERTER
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Application No.: US17497233Application Date: 2021-10-08
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Publication No.: US20230111992A1Publication Date: 2023-04-13
- Inventor: Xuechao LIU , Di CHEN , Yajie QIU
- Applicant: GaN Systems Inc.
- Applicant Address: CA Ottawa
- Assignee: GaN Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee: GaN Systems Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Ottawa
- Main IPC: H02M1/42
- IPC: H02M1/42 ; H02M3/335

Abstract:
An AC/DC Switching Mode Power Supply (SMPS) comprises a PFC stage, an isolated LLC DC/DC converter stage, and a control circuit that provides feedback/control signals to PFC and LLC controllers, to enable a plurality of operating modes, dependent on a sensed peak AC input voltage and required output voltage Vo. The PFC provides a first DC bus voltage Vdc (e.g. 200V) for low line AC input and a second DC bus voltage (e.g. 400V) for high line or universal AC input. A multi-mode LLC converter is operable in a half-bridge mode or a full-bridge mode. For low line AC input, output voltage Vo, and PFC output Vdc, the LLC operates in full-bridge mode; for high line input, output voltage Vo and PFC output 2×Vdc, the LLC operates in half-bridge mode; for universal AC input, output voltage 2×Vo, and PFC output 2×Vdc, the LLC operates in full-bridge mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US11689098B2 Architecture for AC/DC SMPS with PFC and multimode LLC DC/DC converter Public/Granted day:2023-06-27
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