The present application relates to a synchronous rectification sampling control circuit, method and chip. The control circuit includes a withstand voltage switch tube Q2, a power supply switch tube Q3, a positive phase power supply driving module, a detection control module, and a negative phase power supply module. The withstand voltage switch tube Q2 includes a withstand voltage source, a withstand voltage grid and a withstand voltage drain, in which the withstand voltage drain is configured to connect a secondary winding power supply circuit in a synchronous rectification circuit of a transformer to obtain a supply voltage and output a positive or negative sampling voltage at the withstand voltage source.

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a battery, a wireless power transfer (WPT) coil, wireless power transceiver circuitry, a charging circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the wireless power transceiver circuitry and the charging circuit. The processor implements the method, including: receiving first detecting power from an external electronic device, determining whether a reception voltage generated by the received first detecting power is higher than a first predetermined voltage value, based on detecting that the reception voltage is higher than the first predetermined voltage value, supplying power from the battery to the wireless power transceiver circuitry, outputting via the WPT coil, foreign object detecting power based on the supplied power, and based on detecting an electrical change in the foreign object detecting power caused by presence of a foreign object, determining that an error has occurred.

A circuit for use in an LLC converter comprises a first primary side switch, a first secondary side switch assembly, a controller, and a resonant network. The controller is configured to measure, on the LLC primary side, a first voltage and determine a delay due to the first voltage. The controller is also configured to apply a first gate voltage to the first primary side switch to transition the first primary side switch from an off state to an on state and apply a second gate voltage to the first secondary side switch assembly to transition the first secondary side switch assembly from an off state to an on state. The application of the first and second gate voltages are separated by a synchronous rectifier delay based on the delay due to the first voltage, the first voltage comprising a voltage across the resonant capacitor.

System and method for transmitting and receiving. For example, the system includes a transmitter, one or more wires, and a receiver connected to the transmitter through the one or more wires. The transmitter is configured to generate a first current, and the receiver is configured to receive the first current. The receiver includes a coil, a Hall effect sensor, and a comparator, and the Hall effect sensor includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The coil is electrically isolated from the Hall effect sensor and configured to generate a magnetic field based at least in part on the first current flowing through the coil, and the Hall effect sensor is configured to sense the magnetic field and generate a first voltage at the first electrode and a second voltage at the second electrode. The comparator includes a first input terminal and a second input terminal.

A method of wirelessly transmitting power includes: causing a power transmission circuit to transmit, to a master power reception circuit, a portion of power it is capable of transmitting; adjusting operation of a slave power reception unit until a first rectified voltage produced by the master power reception circuit and a second rectified voltage produced by the slave power reception unit are equal; causing the power transmission circuit to transmit additional power to the slave power reception unit, resulting in the first and second rectified voltages being unequal; and adjusting operation of the slave power reception unit until the first and second rectified voltages are again equal. A dummy load is connected to the slave power reception unit prior to causing the power transmission circuit to transmit the additional power, and is disconnected once the first and second rectified voltages are equal.

A bidirectional power converter includes a first switch circuit coupled to a second switch circuit via a transformer, wherein the first switch circuit is configured to transfer power to the second switch circuit during a charging mode, the second switch circuit is configured to transfer power to the first switch circuit during a discharging mode, and the first switch circuit is configured to operate in a half bridge configuration during a first portion of the charging mode.

A converter module is provided with a first power delivery circuit, a second power delivery circuit, and a controller. The first power delivery circuit supplies current from a first direct current (DC) source to a resonant stage in a first direction. The first power delivery circuit comprises at least two first switches. The second power delivery circuit supplies the current from the first DC source to the resonant stage in a second direction, opposite the first direction. The controller includes memory, and a processor that is programmed to: enable the first power delivery circuit and the second power delivery circuit alternately to provide power as a periodic waveform to the resonant stage; and disable the at least two first switches individually in a sequence to generate a phase shift in the periodic waveform and to disable the first power delivery circuit.

System and method for controlling synchronous rectification. For example, a system for controlling synchronous rectification includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive a first input voltage a second controller terminal biased to a second input voltage; a third controller terminal configured to output an output voltage; a first signal generator configured to generate a logic signal based on at least information associated with the first input voltage a second signal generator configured to receive the logic signal and generate an adjustment signal based on at least information associated with the logic signal and the first input voltage; and a driver configured to receive the logic signal and the adjustment signal and generate the output voltage based at least in part on the logic signal and the adjustment signal.

For a programmable direct current (DC)-DC converter application, a driver system includes a switched mode power circuit for providing a DC power signal to an electrical load and a control block. Control block includes interfaces coupled to receive at least one real-time input signal from a low voltage region of the switched mode power circuit and to provide at least one control signal to the low voltage region. Control block configures the switched mode power circuit to provide the DC power signal having at least one power parameter within a tolerance of a power configuration setting value of the electrical load. Control block responds to the at least one real-time input signal from the low voltage region to adjust operation of the low voltage region via the at least one control signal. Low voltage region can include a plurality of switched converter circuits.

A bidirectional DC-DC converter with three or more ports is described along with a method of operation thereof. The converter utilizes a common transformer for all ports and allows for power transfer from any port to any or all of the remaining ports. The converter may utilize a controller which implements variable-frequency control, delay-time control, and/or phase-delay control to achieve power transfer as desired between the converter ports. In some cases, power transfer between ports can operate similar to a series-resonant converter or a dual active bridge converter.