A constant power control circuit driving an external device receiving an input voltage and generating an output voltage is provided. A first conversion circuit converts the voltage difference between the input voltage and the output voltage to generate a charge current. An energy storage circuit is charged during a charging period by the charge current to provide a stored voltage. The charging period is terminated in response to the stored voltage reaching a predetermined voltage. A control circuit adjusts a control signal according to a length of the charging period. A second conversion circuit generates a counting voltage according to the control signal. The counting voltage is inversely proportional to the voltage difference. A third conversion circuit converts the counting voltage into a limitation current. A driving circuit compares the setting current and the limitation current to generate a driving signal and send it to the external device.

A boost rectifier that operates with a single-phase input voltage includes (i) an input stage receiving the single-phase input voltage and including first and second input filter capacitors, (ii) a switching converter stage coupled to the input stage and including a rectification circuit and an inductor circuit, series-connected first and second switches providing a common terminal therebetween, and a phase output capacitor, (iii) an output stage that transfers energy stored in the phase output capacitor to an output load, (iv) a decoupling stage that provides high-impedance decoupling between the switching converter stage and the output stage, and (v) a control circuit configured to operate the first and second switches according to an output signal of a non-linear compensation circuit that combines a feedforward signal derived from both the input and output voltages of the boost rectifier with an output voltage feedback control signal.

A control method for regulating the switching frequency of a resonant converter having an input terminal to receive an input voltage and an output terminal to output an output voltage. The control method is sensing the input voltage and adjusting the switching frequency based on the comparison of the input voltage with a reference threshold voltage. When the input voltage is less than the reference threshold voltage, the switching frequency is adjusted to decrease, and when the input voltage is higher than the reference threshold voltage, the switching frequency is adjusted to increase.

A three-phase power supply system includes three phase branches forming a delta connection. Each of the phase branches includes at least one power conversion cell of at least two stages. The at least one power conversion cell of each of the phase branches is connected in parallel to the at least one power conversion cell of the respective other two phase branches. When one of the phase branches stops operating, the other two phase branches keep operating, and three phase current of the three-phase power supply system can be balanced by regulating active powers and reactive powers of the other two phase branches. Through the invention, when one of the phase branches stops operating, the other two phase branches may keep operating, and three phase current of the three-phase power supply system are balanced.

A control system for synchronous rectifying transistor of LLC converter, the system comprising a voltage sampling circuit, a high-pass filtering circuit, a PI compensation and effective value detection circuit, and a control system taking a microcontroller (MCU) as a core. When the LLC converter is operating at a high frequency, a drain-source voltage V.sub.DS(SR) of the synchronous rectifying transistor delivers, via the sampling circuit, a change signal of the drain-source voltage during turn-off into the high-pass filtering circuit and the PI compensation and effective value detection circuit to obtain an effective value amplification signal of a drain-source voltage oscillation signal caused by parasitic parameters, and the current value is compared with a previously collected value via a control circuit taking a microcontroller (MCU) as a core, so as to change a turning-on time of the synchronous rectifying transistor in the next period.

This disclosure describes techniques to control switching operations of a switching regulator. The disclosure includes a system comprising a switching regulator configured to use an inductor to generate an output voltage signal from a. pulse-width-modulated (PWM) signal by controlling one or more switches of the switching regulator that vary charging operations of the inductor; transient handling circuitry coupled to receive a feedback voltage based on the output voltage signal and configured to generate first and second current signals that represent a difference between the feedback voltage and a reference voltage; and control circuitry configured to generate the PWM signal based on the first and second current signals such that the first current signal changes a frequency of an oscillator used to generate the PWM signal and the second current signal changes a bandwidth of a feedback loop associated with the switching regulator.

An object of the present invention is to provide a power conversion device capable of suppressing an increase in a current flowing through a motor even if a voltage command exceeds the amplitude of a carrier wave. In order to achieve the above object, the power conversion device controls the driving of a motor by converting a DC voltage into a voltage based on a voltage command by an operation of a switching circuit and includes: a modulated wave generator that generates a first modulated wave from the voltage command; and a control signal generator that generates a control signal for controlling the operation of the switching circuit from the first modulated wave and a carrier wave. The modulated wave generator generates a square wave based on a voltage command norm as the first modulated wave.

A controller for a power converter comprising a drive signal generator and drive strength control and a variable strength multi-stage gate driver. The drive signal generator and drive strength control outputs a drive signal to control switching of a power switch and a strength signal to control drive strength of the power switch. The variable strength multi-stage gate driver is configured to turn ON the power switch in response to the drive signal with a first drive strength then a second drive strength when the strength signal is not asserted. The variable strength multi-stage gate driver is configured to turn ON the power switch in response to the drive signal with a third drive strength then the second drive strength when the strength signal is asserted. The second drive strength is stronger than the first drive strength and the first drive strength is stronger than the third drive strength.

A drive unit for driving an acceleration electrode of a mass spectrometer is disclosed. The drive unit includes a power converter comprising a switching element and pulsing circuitry that can form output pulses suitable for driving an acceleration electrode of a mass spectrometer. The drive unit also includes a controller that is configured to synchronise operation of the switching element with the pulsing circuitry.

A DC-DC converter including a switching buck regulator including a first power switch connected to a first power node, a second power switch connected to a second power node, a driver configured to drive the first and second power switches, an output filtering inductor connected to a node between the first and second power switches, and an output filtering capacitor connected to the output filtering inductor, a controller configured to compensate for an output signal of the switching buck regulator in a time domain using a reference voltage, and a feed forward circuit connected between the switching buck regulator and the controller, and including a first buffer, a second buffer, an RC filter, and an adder may be provided. Accordingly, the DC-DC converter can reduce a delay of a compensation circuit, improve transient response characteristics of the switching buck regulator, and further improve the performance of the DC-DC converter.