Abstract: A control method used in a switched tank converter with a first conversion unit, a second conversion unit and a rectification unit, includes: based on current flowing through the resonant tanks in the first and second conversion units, determining when to turn on the high side switches of the first and second conversion units, and when to turn on the low side switches of the first and second conversion units; detecting whether current flowing through the first, second, third and fourth rectification switches crosses zero; and based on the detection result, respectively determining when to turn off the high side switch of the first conversion unit, when to turn off the high side switch of the second conversion unit, when to turn off the low side switch of the second conversion unit, and when to turn off the low side switch of the first conversion unit.

Abstract: A COT control circuit used for realizing current sharing in multi-phase DC-DC converter. The multi-phase DC-DC converter has N switching circuits, N controllers, and a trimming current generator receiving N switching voltage signals of the N switching circuits to generate N trimming current signals. The N trimming current signals are respectively sent to the N controllers to regulate on time of at least one controllable switch of each of the N switching circuits so as to finally realize current sharing in the multi-phase circuits.

Abstract: A motor control system has a computing device and a motor controller. The computing device receives user demands through a GUI, and provides a preset speed table based on the user demands. The preset speed table has a plurality of fixed values of a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation signal and a plurality of preset values of a preset motor speed corresponding to the plurality of fixed values of the duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal. The motor controller provides the pulse width modulation signal to drive a motor based on the preset speed table.

Abstract: A control method for controlling a battery charging circuit having at least one switch, includes: generating a first difference signal based on a charging current feedback signal and a charging current reference signal; generating a second difference signal based on a battery voltage feedback signal and a battery voltage reference signal; based on a battery voltage, selecting one of the first and second difference signals, and a ground voltage as a third difference signal; generating a bias signal by proportionally integrating the third difference signal; comparing the sum of a system voltage feedback signal and a ramp signal with the sum of the bias signal and a system voltage reference signal and generating a comparison signal; generating a control signal to control the at least one switch of based on the comparison signal and a constant time period control signal.

Abstract: A voltage regulator has a switching circuit and a control circuit. The switching circuit provides an output voltage and an output current. The control circuit provides a switching control signal to the switching circuit to adjust the output voltage, such that the output voltage decreases with a first slope as the output current increases when the output current is less than a predetermined current, the output voltage decreases with a second slope as the output current increases when the output current is larger than the predetermined current.

Abstract: A switching power supply circuit has an energy storage component, a synchronous rectifier switch and a synchronous rectifier control circuit. The synchronous rectifier switch is coupled to a secondary side of the energy storage component, and the synchronous rectifier control circuit turns ON the synchronous rectifier switch based on a drain-source voltage across the synchronous rectifier switch when a primary switch is judged as turned ON. When the switching power supply circuit is not operating in a preset mode, the primary switch is judged as turned ON when the drain-source voltage remains larger than a dynamic reference voltage during a preset window time period, and when the switching power supply circuit is operating in the preset mode, the primary switch is judged as turned ON once the drain-source voltage is larger than the dynamic reference voltage.

Abstract: An isolated resonant converter has an analog comparator with hysteresis for generating a first ON/OFF signal, a digital isolator for outputting a second ON/OFF signal, an oscillator for providing a clock pulse signal with a frequency, and a primary pulse width modulator coupled to receive the clock pulse signal and the second ON/OFF signal. An output voltage of the isolated resonant converter is controlled by the analog comparator within a predefined range. The second ON/OFF signal is electrically isolated from the first ON/OFF signal. The primary pulse width modulator controls the switching of the isolated resonant converter in response to the clock pulse signal during the logic high state of the second ON/OFF signal and stops the switching of the isolated resonant converter during the logic low state of the second ON/OFF signal.

Abstract: An ESD protection circuit having a discharging transistor and a body snatching circuit. The discharging transistor is electrically coupled between a first node and a second node. The gate of the discharging transistor is electrically coupled to a driving voltage. The body snatching circuit receives the voltages at the first and second nodes and outputs either the voltage at the first node or the voltage at the second node based on which of these two voltages have a lower value. The output voltage of the body snatching circuit is provided to the body of the discharging transistor.

Abstract: A control circuit having power limit for controlling an AC-DC voltage converter. The control circuit includes a first sensing circuit having an auxiliary winding used to sense a voltage on an inductive element of the converter to generate a first sensing signal, a second sensing circuit used to sense the current flowing through the inductive element to provide a second sensing signal, and a power limit circuit. The power limit circuit generates a power indication signal indicative of the input power of the converter based on the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. When the power indication signal is larger than a power threshold, a controllable switch of the converter is turned off.

Abstract: A power supply covering both power sharing and power backup functions run in a more efficient and flexible way. The power supply adopts a power sharing converter coupled between a first bus terminal and a second bus terminal, so that if one of the bus terminals provides insufficient power, the other bus terminal kicks in by way of the power sharing converter to provide power support. In addition, a storage capacitor may also kick in to provide power support if one of the bus terminals provide insufficient power via or not via the power sharing converter.

Abstract: A battery balancing method and circuit for balancing the voltages between battery units with a fly capacitor. In a first time period of a switching cycle, the first battery unit is used to charge the fly capacitor or the first battery unit is used to discharge the fly capacitor, depending on which of the first battery unit and the fly capacitor having a larger voltage value; and in a second time period of the switching cycle, the second battery unit is used to charge the fly capacitor or the second battery unit is used to discharge the fly capacitor, depending on which of the second battery unit and the fly capacitor having a larger voltage value.

Abstract: A synchronous rectifier OFF control module and a synchronous rectifying control circuit. The synchronous rectifier OFF control module may receive a zero-cross threshold signal and a drain-source voltage signal indicative of a drain to source voltage of a synchronous rectifier, and to compare the drain-source voltage signal with the zero-cross threshold signal to determine whether the rectifier current flowing through the synchronous rectifier is crossing zero. The synchronous rectifier OFF control module may further receive a peak current detection signal indicative of a peak value of the rectifier current, and to adjust the magnitude of the zero-cross threshold signal to vary in the same direction as the peak value of the rectifier current based on the peak current detection signal. The synchronous rectifier OFF control module may provide more accurate control to the turn OFF moment of the synchronous rectifier and thus can help to reduce power loss.

Abstract: A control method of a PFC (Power Factor Correction) circuit having at least one power switch, the control method having: producing an effective value of an input voltage; generating a compensation signal based on an output voltage and an output voltage reference signal; generating an on time signal based on the compensation signal, the effective value of the input voltage, a first on time period value and a second on time period value; generating an on time delay signal based on the input voltage, the output voltage, the first on time period value, the effective value of the input voltage and the compensation signal; and generating a current valley signal based on the input voltage, the effective value of the input voltage, the compensation signal, the second on time period value, and an inductance value of the inductor adopted by the PFC circuit.

Abstract: A power supply covering power sharing and overshoot preventing functions. In the power supply, a first eFuse is used to deliver a first input power source to a first load at a first bus terminal, and a second eFuse is used to deliver a second input power source to a second load at a second bus terminal. When the current flowing through one eFuse hits its current limit threshold, the other input power source kicks in to provide power support. The current limit threshold of each eFuse is set to be lower than its maximum rated current.

Abstract: A driver for driving a power transistor, the driver having: a first transistor, and a second transistor; wherein (1) when the first transistor is turned on, the second transistor is simultaneously turned on, and wherein after the second transistor remains on for a first time period, the second transistor is turned off for a second time period during when a switching voltage at a second terminal of the power transistor is rising, and the second transistor is turned on after the second time period is over; and (2) when the first transistor is turned off, the second transistor is simultaneously turned off.

Abstract: Input AC voltage sensing for a flyback circuit. The flyback circuit is configured as “primary-high”, namely a primary switch of the flyback circuit is positioned “high” to receive an input AC voltage through a first rectifying circuit. A primary winding of the flyback circuit is coupled to a primary ground reference. A voltage sensing circuit has a processing circuit and a first sensing resistor. The processing circuit has a first terminal coupled to the input AC source through a second rectifying circuit, a second terminal coupled to the primary ground reference and an output terminal. The processing circuit subtracts a voltage at the second terminal from a voltage at the first terminal to obtain a differential voltage, which is then sampled and held as an input AC voltage sensing signal.

Abstract: A current threshold regulation method is used in a switching converter with a tank element and a transistor. The current threshold regulation method includes: detecting whether the input voltage is lower than an input under voltage threshold and generating an input under voltage indication signal; detecting whether the output voltage is lower than an output under voltage threshold and generating an output under voltage indication signal; generating a current threshold based on the input under voltage indication signal and output under voltage indication signal; comparing a current flowing though the tank element with the current threshold and generating a current comparison signal; and generating a control signal based on the current comparison signal to control the transistor.

Abstract: A driving circuit and driving method for driving a synchronous rectifier. When a drain-source detecting voltage between a drain terminal and a source terminal of the synchronous rectifier reaches a second reference voltage, the driving voltage applied at a gate terminal of the synchronous rectifier is decreased to regulate the drain-source detecting voltage to a first reference voltage. The first reference voltage is lower than the second reference voltage. And when the drain-source detecting voltage reaches an off reference voltage, the synchronous rectifier is turned off.

Abstract: A method of controlling a flyback circuit and control circuit thereof. The flyback circuit has a transformer having a primary winding and an auxiliary winding, and the primary winding and the auxiliary winding have opposite dot orientations with each other. During a switching cycle, a primary switch coupled to the primary winding is turned off; then, an auxiliary switch coupled to the auxiliary winding is turned on when, after an elapse of a predetermined waiting time counted from a predetermined moment in an immediate preceding switching cycle, an auxiliary switch voltage signal decreases to a valley of the auxiliary switch voltage signal. The auxiliary switch is turned off when the auxiliary switch current signal increases to a reference current. The primary switch is turned on when a primary switch voltage signal decreases to a valley of the primary switch voltage signal.

Abstract: A power management system having: a core rail, configured to provide a core voltage to a core; a GT rail, configured to provide a GT voltage to a graphic terminal; and a VR thermal indicative pin, coupled to a core thermal indicative pin of the core; wherein the VR thermal indicative pin is pulled down for a preset time duration once the core rail is commanded to exit a PS4 state, or for a time duration beginning when the core rail is commanded to exit the PS4 state ending when the GT rail is commanded to exit the PS4 state.