In a control apparatus for a power converter, a current obtainer obtains a current flowing through an inductor as an inductor current, and an alternating-current voltage obtainer obtains an alternating-current voltage. A drive signal outputting unit generates, based on the alternating-current voltage obtained by the voltage obtainer, a sinusoidal command. The drive signal outputting unit performs peak-current mode control to output a drive signal that controls switching of the drive switch to thereby cause the inductor current to follow the sinusoidal command. A delay unit delays, for one switching cycle of the drive switch, an off-switching timing of the drive switch in accordance with the alternating-current voltage. The drive signal defines the off-switching timing of the switch.

A power supply is provided. The power supply includes: a switching module including switching elements and is configured to receive rectified power; a transformer configured to transform first power received from the switching module; an outputter including first and second switching elements, and is configured to receive the transformed first power from the transformer and output an output voltage that follows a preset reference voltage; and a controller configured to control the switching module to operate in a full bridge mode or a half bridge module based on a peak voltage of the rectified power, adjust a switching frequency of the switching module based on the output voltage, control switching of the first and second switching elements based on the output voltage, and adjust a duty ratio of each of the first and second switching elements based on the rectified power.

A system includes a current-mode switcher configured to provide a direct current (DC) voltage for a noise sensitive load, and a linear amplifier connected to an output of the current-mode switcher, the linear amplifier configured to draw a reduced supply voltage through at least one power conversion device that is coupled between a power source and the linear amplifier.

A magnetic element includes a magnetic core and a winding. The magnetic core includes a first and second magnetic cover disposed oppositely, and at least one first magnetic column, at least one second magnetic column and at least one common magnetic column disposed between the first and second magnetic covers. The winding includes at least one first winding wound around at least one first magnetic column, and at least one second winding wound around at least one said second magnetic column. A first differential mode inductor is formed with the first winding, the first magnetic column, the first magnetic cover, the common magnetic column and the second magnetic cover. A power inductor or a power transformer is formed with the second winding, the second magnetic column, the first magnetic cover, the common magnetic column and the second magnetic cover.

A power supply circuit that generates an output voltage from an AC voltage. The power supply circuit includes a rectifier circuit that rectifies the AC voltage, an inductor receives a rectified voltage from the rectifier circuit, a transistor that controls an inductor current flowing through the inductor, and an integrated circuit that performs switching of the transistor. The integrated circuit includes an error output circuit that outputs an error between a feedback voltage and a reference voltage, a target value generating circuit that generates a target value of the inductor current based on the error, an adjustment circuit that adjusts the target value, first and second comparison circuits that compare the inductor current with a predetermined value and with the target value, respectively, and a drive circuit that turns on the transistor when the inductor current reaches the predetermined value, and turns off the transistor when the inductor current reaches the target value.

An integrated circuit for a power supply circuit that generates an output voltage from an alternating current (AC) voltage, the power supply circuit including a transistor configured to control a current flowing through an inductor. The integrated circuit comprises: a first terminal, to which a first capacitor is coupled, that receives a voltage corresponding to the AC voltage; a driver circuit turns on the transistor in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, and turns off the transistor based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and the voltage corresponding to the AC voltage, an ON period of the transistor inversely correlating to a level of the voltage corresponding to the AC voltage; and a discharge circuit that discharges the first capacitor in a time period from a first timing at which the transistor is turned off to a second timing at which the transistor is turned on.

Systems and methods are provided for regulating a power conversion system. An example system controller includes: a detection component configured to receive an input voltage related to a diode connected to an inductor and output a first signal at a first logic level in response to the input voltage being larger than a predetermined threshold, a control logic component configured to receive the first signal, process information associated with the first signal, and output a modulation signal related to a modulation frequency in response to the first signal being at the first logic level, and a driving component configured to receive the modulation signal and output a drive signal to open and close a first switch at the modulation frequency.

Examples of the present disclosure provides a BUCK topological circuit for power supply including a rectification circuit, a first filter energy-storage circuit, a step-down constant-current driver chip, an output current setting circuit, a freewheeling circuit, a transformer, and a second filter energy-storage circuit. An external power supply capacitor is not required in the step-down constant-current driver chip.

Provided is a system for an insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) rectifier for charging ultra-capacitors. The system may include a power converter, which may receive power from a power source. A direct current (DC) bus may be connected to the power converter and may receive power from the power converter. At least one IGBT may be connected to the DC bus and may receive power from the DC bus. An array of ultra-capacitors may be connected to the at least one IGBT. At least one controller may control the at least one IGBT to charge the array of ultra-capacitors. A method and computer program product are also disclosed.

A zero-crossing detection circuit includes a logic unit and an input stop detection unit. The logic unit is configured to estimate a zero cross of an AC signal in accordance with at least one of a first monitoring target signal and a second monitoring target signal, respectively input through diodes from a first node and a second node between which the AC signal is applied, so as to generate a zero-crossing detection signal. The input stop detection unit is configured to compare the first monitoring target signal with the second monitoring target signal after giving an offset to one of them so as to generate an input stop detection signal. The logic unit is configured to fix a logic level of the zero-crossing detection signal in accordance with the input stop detection signal.