Various embodiments are directed to a switch circuit comprising: two terminal nodes, comprising an upper node and a lower node; a plurality of switch modules, connected in series between the upper node and the lower node, wherein each of the switch modules comprises a switch, a rectifier, and a capacitor; a connecting circuit, coupled to the switch modules; and a power converter, coupled to the connecting circuit and to a power sink. The switch circuit is configured to limit a voltage or a component of a voltage in the switch circuit, and to recover power from the limiting of the voltage, wherein recovering the power comprises diverting power from the switch modules via the connecting circuit to the power converter, and the power converter outputting the power to the power sink.

A method for controlling an amount of power delivered to an electrical load may include controlling an average magnitude of a load current towards a target load current that ranges from a maximum-rated current to a minimum-rated current in a normal mode, and controlling the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum-rated current in a burst mode. The burst mode may include at least one burst-mode period that comprises a first time period associated with an active state and a second time period associated with an inactive state. During the burst mode, the method may include regulating a peak magnitude of the load current towards the minimum-rated current during the active state, and stopping the generation of at least one drive signal during the inactive state to control the average magnitude of the load current to be less than the minimum-rated current.

A display device comprises: a display module including a display panel; a control board for controlling the display module; and a power board for outputting direct current voltage to the display module. The power board changes the pulse frequency of a control signal so as to output direct current voltage adjusted according to changes in the load of the display panel.

The converter includes: an input direct current (DC) power supply, a main power transistor, an auxiliary power transistor, a first capacitor, a transformer, and a controller. The first capacitor is connected in series to the transformer to form a series circuit. The series circuit is connected in parallel to the auxiliary power transistor. A source of the main power transistor is connected to a drain of the auxiliary power transistor. A source of the auxiliary power transistor is connected to another electrode of the input DC power supply. An input negative electrode of the input DC power supply is grounded. The controller is configured to: monitor a value of a current on the transformer to obtain a quantity of times that the value of the current on the transformer reaches a specified current threshold.

An integrated single stage ac-dc driver for powering LED loads includes a boost converter operating in a Discontinuous Conduction Mode, DCM, comprising a half-bridge, and a Zeta Asymmetrical Half Bridge, ZAHB, integrated with the boost converter such that the boost converter and the ZAHB share the half-bridge to perform power factor control, PFC, with a fixed duty cycle and control an output voltage.

EMI noise is reduced and a component mounting area is suppressed, and downsizing of a power supply device is achieved. Power supply device includes transistor block, gate drive circuit block, and driver block. First gate terminal and second gate terminal are disposed on the same side as gate drive circuit block when viewed from a center of transistor block. Two output terminals are disposed on the same side as transistor block when viewed from a center of gate drive circuit block. At least a part of first drain terminal is included in a region sandwiched between first source terminal and second source terminal. Second drain terminal is disposed at a position deviating from an extension region that extends the region sandwiched between the first source terminal and the second source terminal beyond second source terminal as viewed from first drain terminal.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for controlling an LLC resonance converter. The apparatus includes a converter connected to an input terminal, including a plurality of switching elements constituting a bridge circuit, and enabling a topology change in the form of a full bridge and a half bridge; and a controller detecting a charge measurement value of a battery being charged with a power transferred by the converter, and changing a topology of the converter based on the charge measurement value. Since battery charging is performed by changing the topology of the converter in accordance with the charge measurement value of the battery, the LLC resonance converter can be controlled at an optimized frequency, the efficiency is increased, and cost savings can be achieved.

There is provided a high frequency AC inverter comprising a DC-DC circuit, an output power circuit and a load circuit and a controller, the load circuit comprising a load circuit detector configured to detect the electrical parameters of the load circuit. The output power circuit comprises a DC to AC driver having a variable frequency output, a HFAC driver circuit comprising a resonant network and a transformer coupled to the HFAC driver circuit and the load circuit. The controller is configured to control the output frequency of the DC to AC driver and the output of the DC to DC circuit in response to the detected electrical parameters of the load circuit.

A switching control circuit for controlling switching of a transistor in a power supply circuit, such that the power supply circuit generates an output voltage at a target level. The switching control circuit includes an overload detection circuit detecting that a load of the power supply circuit is in an overload condition, when a voltage according to the output voltage reaches a predetermined level, an overcurrent detection circuit detecting that a load current is an overcurrent, when a current according to the load current reaches a predetermined value, an adjustment circuit decreasing the predetermined value, when a first time period has elapsed since the load becomes in the overload condition, a drive circuit driving the transistor such that the output voltage reaches the target level, and a control circuit causing the drive circuit to stop driving the transistor, after the load becomes in the overload condition or the load current becomes the overcurrent.

A magnetic device includes a winding, and insulators by which the winding is surrounded. Each of the insulators is in contact with the winding. A gap exists between each two adjacent of the insulators in a winding direction of the winding.