A compound control circuit comprises an input end, a light-load signal processing circuit, a slow response circuit and a fast response circuit. The compound control circuit is mainly used as an additional circuit of a work control chip, so that although the work control chip only has a single overcurrent protection level, a compound function control of fast and slow speed, high and low level current protection and light-load signal stabilization can be generated through the compound control circuit, so as to meet the complex application environment and compatible requirements of the current power supply.

An integrated circuit for a power supply including a power transistor, the integrated circuit being configured to switch and drive the power transistor. The integrated circuit includes: a first terminal to which a first switch is coupled; a first determination circuit configured to determine, based on a voltage level at the first terminal, whether to operate the integrated circuit in a first mode or a second mode, a power consumption in the second mode being greater than a power consumption in the first mode; a first power supply voltage generation circuit configured to stop generating a first power supply voltage when the integrated circuit operates in the first mode, and generate the first power supply voltage when the integrated circuit operates in the second mode; and a driver circuit configured to receive the first power supply voltage, to switch and drive the power transistor.

A power converter apparatus includes a power module assembly including a power module and a cooler overlapping with the power module to allow the cooler to cover both sides of the power module, and a capacitor and a low voltage direct-current (DC)-DC converter (LDC) which are coupled in a state of pressing the power module assembly on both sides of the power module assembly.

Provided is a novel multi-level inverter with mixed device types and methods of controlling same. This novel multi-level inverter topology and control method allows the use of high frequency switching devices for controlled PWM switching, while also using lower frequency switching devices for directional switches. This combination of high frequency PWM switching devices with low frequency directional switching devices allows a cost reduction without a significant performance degradation.

A pre-charge control circuit includes a control unit, a conversion unit, and a pre-charge switch. The control unit provides a control signal according to a PWM signal, and the conversion unit provides a control voltage according to the control signal. The pre-charge switch adjusts a magnitude of the current flowing through the input path of the electronic circuit according to the control voltage.

A power interrupter device includes a solid-state bidirectional switch and control circuitry to control the solid-state bidirectional switch. The bidirectional switch is connected between input and output terminals of the power interrupter device. The control circuitry includes driver circuitry and fault detection circuitry. The driver circuitry generates a regulated direct current (DC) voltage using current drawn from an input power source applied to the input terminal and applies the regulated DC voltage to a control input of the bidirectional switch. The fault detection circuitry is configured to sense a level of load current flowing in an electrical path between the input and output terminals, to detect an occurrence of a fault condition based on the sensed load current level, and to short the control input of the bidirectional switch to place the bidirectional switch in a switched-off state, in response to detecting the occurrence of a fault condition.

There is provided a current detection circuit including: a current detection unit that detects a control current flowing between a control terminal of a semiconductor element of voltage-controlled type having a current detection terminal, and a drive circuit; an overcurrent detection unit that detects an overcurrent based on a result of comparing a sense voltage with a sense reference voltage, the sense voltage corresponding to a sense current flowing through the current detection terminal; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the sense reference voltage based on a detection result of the current detection unit.

There is provided a current detection circuit including: a current detection unit that detects a control current flowing between a control terminal of a semiconductor element of voltage-controlled type having a current detection terminal, and a drive circuit; an overcurrent detection unit that detects an overcurrent based on a result of comparing a sense voltage with a sense reference voltage, the sense voltage corresponding to a sense current flowing through the current detection terminal; and an adjustment unit that adjusts the sense reference voltage based on a detection result of the current detection unit.

An electrical power system for a vehicle comprising a base powernet and a primary powernet electrically connected to primary safety critical loads. A switch is disposed between the base powernet and the primary powernet. The switch is configured to transition between a closed state that electrically connects the base powernet to the primary powernet and an open state that disconnects the base powernet from the primary powernet.

A method of controlling a multi-phase power converter having a plurality of power stage circuits coupled in parallel, can include: obtaining a load current of the multi-phase power converter; enabling corresponding power stage circuits to operate in accordance with the load current, such that a switching frequency is maintained within a predetermined range when the load current changes; and controlling the power stage circuits to operate under different modes in accordance with the load current, such that the switching frequency is maintained within the predetermined range when the load current changes.