Patents by Inventor Ilva Zverev

Ilva Zverev has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Drive circuit for a switch in a switching converter and method for driving a switch in a switching converter
    Patent number: 7135845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive circuit for a switch (T) connected to a rectifier arrangement in a switching converter which provides an output voltage (Vout) from an input voltage (Vin), the drive circuit having the following features: a controller arrangement (40) having at least one control amplifier (OTA1) and a compensation network (41) having at least one capacitor (C4, C5), a signal dependent on the output voltage (Vout) being fed to said controller arrangement and the latter providing a control signal (S4), a protection circuit (30), which is designed to detect at least one critical state of the switching converter and which provides a protection signal (S3) in a manner dependent on the presence of a critical state, the protection circuit (30) having a discharge circuit (32) coupled to the compensation network (41), a signal generating circuit (20), to which the control signal (S4) and the protection signal (S3) are fed and which provides a drive signal (S5) having drive pulses according t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ilva Zverev, Martin Feldtkeller, Wolfgang Frank, Michael Herfurth, Heng Chong Huang
  • Drive circuit for a switch in a switching converter and method for driving a switch in a switching converter
    Publication number: 20050013076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drive circuit for a switch (T) connected to a rectifier arrangement in a switching converter which provides an output voltage (Vout) from an input voltage (Vin), the drive circuit having the following features: a controller arrangement (40) having at least one control amplifier (OTA1) and a compensation network (41) having at least one capacitor (C4, C5), a signal dependent on the output voltage (Vout) being fed to said controller arrangement and the latter providing a control signal (S4), a protection circuit (30), which is designed to detect at least one critical state of the switching converter and which provides a protection signal (S3) in a manner dependent on the presence of a critical state, the protection circuit (30) having a discharge circuit (32) coupled to the compensation network (41), a signal generating circuit (20), to which the control signal (S4) and the protection signal (S3) are fed and which provides a drive signal (S5) having drive pulses according
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Ilva Zverev, Martin Feldtkeller, Wolfgang Frank, Michael Herfurth, Heng Cheong Huang