Abstract: An inductive plasma acceleration apparatus, comprising a pulse laser assembly, a pulsed discharge assembly, an exciting coil assembly, a solid-state working medium, and a control assembly; the exciting coil assembly is electrically connected to the pulsed discharge assembly such that a strong pulse current is produced in the exciting coil assembly during the discharge process of the pulse discharge assembly, and an inductive pulse electromagnetic field is excited around the exciting coil assembly; the solid-state working medium is positioned on the optical path of a pulse laser emitted by the pulse laser assembly such that the solid-state working medium produces a pulse gas under the ablation action of the pulse laser, and the inductive pulse electromagnetic field is positioned on the circulation gas path of the pulse gas such that the pulse gas can enter the inductive pulse electromagnetic field.

Abstract: A switching converter has four switches and a control circuit. The control circuit provides a first drive signal to control a first switch and a second drive signal to control a second switch based on a first set signal, and provides a third drive signal to control the third switch and a fourth drive signal to control the fourth switch based on a second set signal. When an output voltage is larger than an input voltage, an on-time period of the third switch is adaptively adjusted according to the input voltage, the output voltage and a first parameter. When the output voltage is less than the input voltage, the on-time period of the third switch is adaptively adjusted according to the input voltage, the output voltage and a second parameter.

Abstract: A switching converter has four switches and a control circuit. The control circuit provides a first drive signal to control a first switch and a second drive signal to control a second switch based on a first set signal, and provides a third drive signal to control the third switch and a fourth drive signal to control the fourth switch based on a second set signal. When an output voltage is larger than an input voltage, an on-time period of the third switch is adaptively adjusted according to the input voltage, the output voltage and a first parameter. When the output voltage is less than the input voltage, the on-time period of the third switch is adaptively adjusted according to the input voltage, the output voltage and a second parameter.

Abstract: An auto-loop regulation system for a voltage regulator receives a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters through an interactive computing equipment, and the voltage regulator operates according to the plurality of pre-determined loop parameters, wherein the interactive computing equipment regulates at least one of the loop parameters automatically in real time according to an online loop value when the voltage regulator is operating online, and the interactive computing equipment keeps regulating the loop parameters until the online value of the voltage regulator matches with a target value.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter with droop regulation for better transient performance. The DC-DC converter includes a switching circuit, a comparison circuit and a logic control circuit. A differential voltage indicative of an output voltage of the switching circuit, and a droop voltage indicative of an output current of the switching circuit, are generated. A high-pass filtered signal is obtained by high-pass filtering the droop voltage. The comparison circuit responds to the differential voltage, a reference voltage and the high-pass filtered signal to generate a set signal. The logic control circuit generates a control signal based on the set signal to control the switching circuit.

Abstract: A multi-phase converter has a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel and a control circuit. The control circuit provides a set signal to successively turn ON the switching circuits under power operation based on an output voltage, a reference signal and a nonlinear control signal. When a number of switching circuits under power operation decreases, the nonlinear control signal increases to a preset value from an initial value, and then the nonlinear control signal decreases to the initial value with a preset slew rate.

Abstract: An autonomous power system has a voltage regulator which converts an input voltage to an output voltage according to a reference voltage. A control method for the power system: receiving a voltage identification code sent by a processor; providing an autonomous voltage identification code when the voltage identification sent by the processor keeps constant during a first preset duration, wherein the autonomous voltage identification code can be updated self-adaptively; providing a reference voltage according to a sum of the voltage identification code and the autonomous identification code; and adjusting the output voltage according to the reference voltage.

Abstract: A multi-phase converter has a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel and a control circuit. The control circuit provides a set signal to successively turn ON the switching circuits under power operation based on an output voltage, a reference signal and a nonlinear control signal. When a number of switching circuits under power operation decreases, the nonlinear control signal increases to a preset value from an initial value, and then the nonlinear control signal decreases to the initial value with a preset slew rate.

Abstract: A control method of multi-phase converters, wherein the multi-phase converter includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel between an input voltage and a load. The control method includes: comparing a feedback signal with a reference signal to generate a comparison signal, wherein the feedback signal is indicative of an output voltage provided to the load; determining the number of switching circuits for power operation based on the load current; detecting a period of the comparison signal; comparing the detected period of the comparison signal with a time threshold to determine whether a transient rise of load current has occurred; and getting all the switching circuits into power operation if a transient rise of load current is detected.

Abstract: An over current protecting circuit, used with a switching converter having a switch, having: a current limiting circuit, configured to receive a limit indicating signal and to provide an on time signal to control an on time period of the switch based on the limit indicating signal, wherein if the limit indicating signal indicates a current flowing through the switch of the switching converter is larger than a limiting threshold, the on time period of a next switching cycle of the switch is subtracted with a first period, otherwise, the on time period of the switch of the next switching cycle is added with a second period; wherein a maximum on time period of the switch is fixed to be an on time reference.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter with transient control. The DC-DC converter includes a power switching circuit, a current to voltage converter, a PI circuit 403, a voltage to current converter 404 and a logic and control circuit 405. The DC-DC converter obtains the transient information of a current flowing through the power switching circuit, to slow down the variation of the output voltage, so as to eliminate the overshot issue.

Abstract: A control method of multi-phase converters, wherein the multi-phase converter includes a plurality of switching circuits coupled in parallel between an input voltage and a load. The control method includes: comparing a feedback signal with a reference signal to generate a comparison signal, wherein the feedback signal is indicative of an output voltage provided to the load; determining the number of switching circuits for power operation based on the load current; detecting a period of the comparison signal; comparing the detected period of the comparison signal with a time threshold to determine whether a transient rise of load current has occurred; and getting all the switching circuits into power operation if a transient rise of load current is detected.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter with droop regulation for better transient performance. The DC-DC converter includes a switching circuit, a comparison circuit and a logic control circuit. A differential voltage indicative of an output voltage of the switching circuit, and a droop voltage indicative of an output current of the switching circuit, are generated. A high-pass filtered signal is obtained by high-pass filtering the droop voltage. The comparison circuit responds to the differential voltage, a reference voltage and the high-pass filtered signal to generate a set signal. The logic control circuit generates a control signal based on the set signal to control the switching circuit.

Abstract: An auto-loop regulation system for a voltage regulator receives a plurality of pre-determined loop parameters through an interactive computing equipment, and the voltage regulator operates according to the plurality of pre-determined loop parameters, wherein the interactive computing equipment regulates at least one of the loop parameters automatically in real time according to an online loop value when the voltage regulator is operating online, and the interactive computing equipment keeps regulating the loop parameters until the online value of the voltage regulator matches with a target value.

Abstract: An over current protecting circuit, used with a switching converter having a switch, having: a current limiting circuit, configured to receive a limit indicating signal and to provide an on time signal to control an on time period of the switch based on the limit indicating signal, wherein if the limit indicating signal indicates a current flowing through the switch of the switching converter is larger than a limiting threshold, the on time period of a next switching cycle of the switch is subtracted with a first period, otherwise, the on time period of the switch of the next switching cycle is added with a second period; wherein a maximum on time period of the switch is fixed to be an on time reference.

Abstract: An autonomous power system has a voltage regulator which converts an input voltage to an output voltage according to a reference voltage. A control method for the power system: receiving a voltage identification code sent by a processor; providing an autonomous voltage identification code when the voltage identification sent by the processor keeps constant during a first preset duration, wherein the autonomous voltage identification code can be updated self-adaptively; providing a reference voltage according to a sum of the voltage identification code and the autonomous identification code; and adjusting the output voltage according to the reference voltage.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter with transient control. The DC-DC converter includes a power switching circuit, a current to voltage converter, a PI circuit 403, a voltage to current converter 404 and a logic and control circuit 405. The DC-DC converter obtains the transient information of a current flowing through the power switching circuit, to slow down the variation of the output voltage, so as to eliminate the overshot issue.

Abstract: A multiphase switching converter having a plurality of switching circuits and a control circuit, the plurality of switching circuits provide an output voltage, the control circuit provides a plurality of switching control signals to turn ON the plurality of switching circuits successively based on the output voltage and a reference signal, when the output voltage is detected overshooting, the control circuit turns OFF a current switching circuit, and when the output voltage is detected recovering from overshooting, the control circuit turns ON the current switching circuit again for a first time period until a sum of the first time period and a second time period achieves a predetermined value, wherein the second time period is a time period the current switching circuit maintains ON uninterruptedly before the output voltage is detected overshooting.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a DC-DC converter with constant on time control. The DC-DC converter includes a transient unit to obtain the transient information of a current flowing through a power switching circuit, to slow down the variation of the output voltage, so as to eliminate the overshot issue.

Abstract: A control circuit for a switching converter having a comparison circuit, a synchronization unit, an ON-time control circuit and a logic unit, the comparison circuit provides a comparison signal based on a reference signal and an output signal of the switching converter, the synchronization unit provides a first synchronization signal and a second synchronization signal based on a first clock signal, a second clock signal and the comparison signal, the first synchronizing signal is generated by synchronizing the comparison signal with the first clock signal, the second synchronizing signal is generated by synchronizing the comparison signal with the second clock signal, the ON-time control circuit provides an ON-time control signal, the logic unit provides a switching control signal to control the switching converter based on the first synchronization signal, the second synchronization signal and the ON-time control signal.