Adaptive control of non-overlapping drive signals

    公开(公告)号:US11611337B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US16949304

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Abstract: An improved circuit or method generates first and second initial pulses that do not overlap. First and second drive pulses are generated based on the first and second initial pulses, respectively. A first transistor is turned on with the first drive pulses. A second transistor is turned on with the second drive pulses. A current flows in response to an on-time state of the first transistor overlapping with an on-time state of the second transistor. A delay of the second drive pulses is decreased based on a time of the current flow overlapping with one of the first initial pulses; and the delay of the second drive pulses is increased based on the time of the current flow overlapping with one of the second initial pulses.

    Noise-Tolerant Delay Circuit
    17.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220416775A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-29

    申请号:US17823019

    申请日:2022-08-29

    Abstract: In a delay circuit, first and second sets of transistors are connected in series between a supply voltage and a ground. The first and second sets of transistors both include a current source transistor, a cascode transistor, and a control transistor. The first set of transistors generates a current that charges a capacitor to generate a ramp signal with a positive slope. A first bias transistor may cause the ramp signal to be biased to ground upon activating the first set of transistors. The second set of transistors generates a current that discharges the capacitor to generate the ramp signal with a negative slope. A second bias transistor may cause the ramp signal to be biased to the supply voltage upon activating the second set of transistors. The delay circuit transitions the state of the output signal based on a voltage level of the ramp signal.

    High-speed closed-loop switch-mode boost converter

    公开(公告)号:US11424717B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16938294

    申请日:2020-07-24

    Abstract: A closed-loop switch-mode boost converter includes a switching signal generator circuit, a switch-mode boost amplifier, a filter circuit, and an error amplifier circuit. The switching signal generator circuit receives an input signal and outputs a switching signal. A duty-cycle of the switching signal has a first non-linear relationship to an amplitude of the input signal. The switch-mode boost amplifier receives the switching signal and produces an output signal. An amplitude of the output signal has a second non-linear relationship to the duty-cycle of the switching signal, and the output signal has a linear relationship to the input signal based on the first and second non-linear relationships. The filter circuit receives the output signal and outputs a filtered output signal. The error amplifier circuit receives the input signal and the filtered output signal and produces a feedback control signal. The filtered output signal is adjusted based on the feedback control signal.

    PULSED LASER DIODE DRIVER
    20.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220149588A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17648907

    申请日:2022-01-25

    Abstract: A pulsed laser diode driver includes an inductor having a first terminal configured to receive a source voltage. A source capacitor has a first terminal connected to the first terminal of the inductor to provide the source voltage. A bypass switch has a drain node connected to a second terminal of the inductor and to a first terminal of a bypass capacitor. A laser diode switch has a drain node connected to the second terminal of the inductor. A laser diode has an anode connected to a source node of the laser diode switch and a cathode connected to a bias voltage node. The laser diode switch and the bypass switch control a current flow through the inductor to produce a high-current pulse through the laser diode, the high-current pulse corresponding to a peak current of a resonant waveform developed at the anode of the laser diode.

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