公开(公告)号：US10975827B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-13

申请号：US16250407

申请日：2019-01-17

申请人： SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC

发明人： Qingquan Tang ,  Hirotada Honma ,  Hajime Takahashi ,  Mitchell Henry

IPC分类号： H02M3/156 ,  F02P3/055 ,  F02P3/045 ,  F02P9/00 ,  H03K17/567 ,  H01T15/00 ,  H03K17/082 ,  F02P3/05

摘要： In an implementation, a method of operating an ignition circuit can include enabling a charge path control circuit and a switch circuit to charge a primary winding of an ignition coil of the ignition circuit until a threshold current is reached in the primary winding. After reaching the threshold current in the primary winding, the method can include maintaining a current in the primary winding of the ignition coil in correspondence with a current limit by alternatively activating and deactivating the charge path control circuit complementary to alternative activation and deactivation of a circulating-current path control circuit. During the maintaining the current in the primary winding, the method can include initiating a spark in a spark plug included in the ignition circuit, the initiating the spark including controlling an amount of energy delivered from the primary winding to a secondary winding of the ignition coil.