Battery charger system and control method

    公开(公告)号:US11476691B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US17117346

    申请日:2020-12-10

    Inventor: Rui Liu

    Abstract: A single-stage battery charger system includes a switched capacitor converter coupled between an input power source and a load, an inductor coupled between a midpoint of the switched capacitor converter and the load, and an isolation switch coupled between the midpoint and the load, wherein the isolation switch is configured such that the single-stage battery charger system functions as a multilevel switching charger when the isolation switch is turned off, and the single-stage battery charger system functions as a switched capacitor charger when the isolation switch is turned on.

    System and method for multi-phase power conversion and control

    公开(公告)号:US12191770B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-07

    申请号:US17969568

    申请日:2022-10-19

    Inventor: Rui Liu

    Abstract: A controller for controlling a multi-phase power conversion system includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) comparator configured to generate a PWM signal based on a ramp signal, a voltage reference signal and a feedback voltage from the power conversion system. A circuit may be configured to generate, based on the PWM signal, PWM signals by delaying the PWM signal with different delay times, and feed the PWM signals to respective switching power converters of the multi-phase power conversion system, to regulate an output voltage of the power conversion system. Each switching power converter may include a control circuit configured to adjust a pulse width of a received PWM signal based on a reference current and an output current of a corresponding switching power converter, to generate an adjusted PWM signal, based on which, an output voltage of the corresponding switching power converter is regulated.

    Switched Capacitor Converter Package Structure and Method

    公开(公告)号:US20230126760A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17511039

    申请日:2021-10-26

    Abstract: A switched capacitor converter package includes a semiconductor package on a first side of an electrical routing apparatus, a first capacitor and a second capacitor on a second side of the electrical routing apparatus, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor are adjacent to each other and connected in parallel, and a third capacitor and a fourth capacitor connected on the second side of the electrical routing apparatus, wherein the third capacitor and the fourth capacitor are adjacent to each other and connected in parallel.

    Switched Capacitor Converter and Control Method

    公开(公告)号:US20240275279A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18607408

    申请日:2024-03-15

    CPC classification number: H02M3/07 H02M1/0025 H02M3/158

    Abstract: A switched capacitor converter includes a first energy storage branch, a second energy storage branch, a third energy storage branch comprising a third capacitor, a seventh switch, an eighth switch, a ninth switch and a tenth switch, and a control branch connected to a first terminal of each switch in the first energy storage branch, the second energy storage branch and the third energy storage branch respectively, wherein the control branch is configured to control each switch to alternately turn on and off periodically in two phases, so that a ratio of a voltage at the input terminal to a voltage at an output terminal is 2N:1, wherein in each operating cycle, the tenth switch is turned on later than at least one switch in the third energy storage branch, and wherein the at least one switch and the tenth switch are in a same phase.

    Hybrid Power Conversion System and Control Method

    公开(公告)号:US20220376603A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17663696

    申请日:2022-05-17

    Abstract: A converter includes a first phase comprising a plurality of first phase switches connected in series between an input power source and ground, a second phase comprising a plurality of second phase switches connected in series between the input power source and ground, and a first flying capacitor of the first phase and a first flying capacitor of the second phase cross-coupled between the first phase and the second phase, wherein switches of the first phase and switches of the second phase are configured such that a ratio of an input voltage of the hybrid dual-phase step-down power converter to an output voltage of the hybrid dual-phase step-down power converter is equal to N/D, and wherein N is an integer, and D is a duty cycle of the hybrid dual-phase step-down power converter.

    Bias Power Supply Apparatus and Control Method

    公开(公告)号:US20250079969A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18241363

    申请日:2023-09-01

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first switch connected between an input voltage bus of a hybrid switched capacitor converter and an input of a bias power regulator, a second switch connected between a first switching node of the hybrid switched capacitor converter and the input of the bias power regulator, wherein the second switch is configured such that when the second switch is turned on, a voltage on the first switching node is equal to (N/M) of a voltage on the input voltage bus, a third switch connected between a second switching node of the hybrid switched capacitor converter and the input of the bias power regulator, wherein the third switch is configured such that when the third switch is turned on, a voltage on the second switching node is equal to (L/M) of the voltage on the input voltage bus.

    Buck converter and control method
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    公开(公告)号:US12132401B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US18056758

    申请日:2022-11-18

    CPC classification number: H02M3/158 H02M1/083 H02M3/06 H02M3/156 H02M3/157

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a PWM ramp generator coupled between a switching node of a power converter and a first input of a comparator, the PWM ramp generator including a first resistor and a first capacitor connected in series between the switching node and the first input of the comparator, and a second resistor and a second capacitor connected in parallel between the first input of the comparator and a feedback node, and a PFM control circuit including an error amplifier and a current zero crossing detection comparator, wherein the error amplifier is coupled between a second input of the comparator and a reference node, and the PFM control circuit is configured to generate gate drive signal for the power converter when the power converter is configured to operate in a PFM mode.

    PFM mode operation of switched capacitor converters

    公开(公告)号:US12081119B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17531341

    申请日:2021-11-19

    Inventor: Rui Liu

    CPC classification number: H02M3/07 H02M1/0003 H02M1/0032 H02M3/158

    Abstract: A control circuit is configured to control a switched capacitor converter to operate in a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode. The control circuit includes a one-shot circuitry configured to generate a one-shot pulse to drive the switched capacitor converter to operate in the PFM mode. A PFM mode comparator is coupled to the one-shot circuitry, and is configured to trigger, based on an output voltage of the switched capacitor converter, the one-shot circuitry to generate the one-shot pulse. The switched capacitor converter may be controlled to enter or exit the PFM mode operation based on a trailing current of a flying capacitor of the switched capacitor converter, an output current of the switched capacitor converter, a charging time duration of the flying capacitor when the switched capacitor converter is operating in the PFM mode, or a PFM switching period of the switched capacitor converter operating in the PFM mode.

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