The present document relates to a power converter configured to generate an output voltage at an output of the power converter. The power converter may comprise a power stage, a modulator circuit, ramp generator circuit, a first feedback circuit, and a second feedback circuit. The power stage may be coupled to the output of the power converter. The modulator circuit may comprise a first input and a second input, and an output of the modulator circuit may be coupled to the power stage. The ramp generator circuit may be configured to generate a ramp signal, and an output of the ramp generator circuit may be coupled to the first input of the modulator circuit. The first feedback loop may be coupled between the output of the power converter and the second input of the modulator circuit.

In a method for operating an inverter for converting DC voltage into AC voltage, having at least one DC/DC step-up converter for converting a DC input voltage applied at the step-up converter DC input into an output voltage higher by a voltage stroke, an intermediate circuit, a DC/AC converter and an AC output for connection to a supply network and/or consumers, a voltage ripple is superimposed on the intermediate circuit voltage and in each step-up converter a switch is switched on/off with a specific switching frequency and a specific duty cycle, for measuring the output voltage of each step-up converter and the intermediate circuit voltage including the voltage ripple. A minimum voltage stroke of each step-up converter is dynamically calculated as a function of the respective measured step-up converter input voltage and the measured intermediate circuit voltage ripple, which minimizes the intermediate circuit voltage setpoint.

Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to semiconductor devices, and may more particularly relate to power semiconductor packages, for example.

Circuits and methods for providing a “bootstrap” power supply for level-shifter/driver (LS/D) circuits in a FET-based power converter. In a first embodiment, linear regulators and a bootstrap capacitor provide a bootstrap power supply for level-shifter/driver circuits in each tier of a multi-level FET-based power converter. In a second embodiment, floating charge circuits and bootstrap capacitors provide an improved bootstrap power supply for level-shifter and driver circuits in each tier of a multi-level FET-based power converter. More particularly, a floating charge circuit configured to be coupled to an associated bootstrap capacitor includes a first sub-circuit configured to pre-charge the associated bootstrap capacitor when coupled and a second sub-circuit configured to transfer charge between the bootstrap capacitor and a bootstrap capacitor coupled to an adjacent floating charge circuit.

A multi-chip module (MCM) package includes a leadframe including half-etched lead terminals including a full-thickness and half-etched portion, and second lead terminals including a thermal pad(s). A first die is attached by a dielectric die attach material to the half-etched lead terminals. The first die includes first bond pads coupled to first circuitry configured for receiving a control signal and for outputting a coded signal and a transmitter. The second die includes second bond pads coupled to second circuitry configured for a receiver with a gate driver. The second die is attached by a conductive die attach material to the thermal pad. Bond wires include die-to-die bond wires between a portion of the first and second bond pads. A high-voltage isolation device is between the transmitter and receiver. A mold compound encapsulates the first and the second die.

The present disclosure provides a DC conversion system and a control method thereof. The DC conversion system comprises: an upper power module group, a lower power module group, input terminals of the upper and lower power module group are connected in series, and output terminals of the upper and lower power module groups are connected in parallel; the controller configured to receive an input voltage of respective input terminal of each of the first and second power modules, a first output current of the output terminal of the upper power module group, a second output current of the output terminal of the lower power module group, and a total output signal of the output terminal of the DC conversion system, and generate a modulation signal according to them to control a power switch of the corresponding power module.

A method for controlling a battery-powered power supply. The method includes generating a first output from a first power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The first output is coupled to an output bus. The method further includes monitoring a voltage of the output bus, and determining, using a controller of the battery-powered power supply, whether the voltage of the output bus is less than a first predetermined level. The method further includes deactivating the first power supply in response to determining that the voltage of the output bus is below the first predetermined level, and generating a second output from a second power supply within the battery-powered power supply. The second output is configured to be coupled to the output bus. The second power supply has a higher output rating than the first power supply.

A boost or DC-DC converter includes a first output and a second output, a first inductor having a first side and a second side, the first side of the first inductor being connectable in electrical communication with a first output of a power supply or DC voltage source, and a second inductor having a first side and a second side, the first side of the second inductor being connectable in electrical communication with the first output of the power supply, the first inductor being inversely coupled to the second inductor. The converter includes a first switch in communication with the second side of the first inductor and a second output of the power supply, and a second switch in communication with the second side of the second inductor and the second output of the power supply.

This application provides a COT parallel circuit and a power supply device. After receiving a first power signal output by a first phase converter, the COT multiphase parallel circuit may output a first pulse signal to a second phase converter, where the first pulse signal is used to indicate to the second phase converter to output a second power signal. Further, the COT multiphase parallel circuit may output a plurality of power signals in one period of a RAMP signal. A high-frequency power signal can be output without increasing a frequency of the RAMP signal, thereby reducing the difficulty of implementing a high-frequency COT multiphase parallel connection.

A charging control method includes: converting an input power to a DC power; receiving the DC power by a detachable cable to generate a bus power; converting the bus power to a charging power for charging a battery in a charging period; and adjusting the DC power and/or the charging power to track a maximum of a power conversion efficiency; wherein the power conversion efficiency includes one of the following: an input power conversion efficiency, which is a conversion efficiency of converting the input power to the charging power; a DC power conversion efficiency, which is a conversion efficiency of converting the DC power to the charging power; or a bus power conversion efficiency, which is a conversion efficiency of converting the bus power to the charging power.