Patents Assigned to Power Management Associates LLC
  • Patent number: 7256569
    Abstract: The continuous conduction mode (CCM) boost voltage power factor correction apparatus with an average-current control mode of the present invention uses resettable integrators to integrate the difference voltage signal outputted from the voltage error amplifier and the input current signal obtained from detection. The integration results are then compared to control the duty cycle of the switch. Thereby, the input current and the input voltage in the AC/DC electrical power converter have a proportion relation and their phases are the same as each other. The components used in this control method are simpler than the PFC circuit of the prior art. It is easy to integrate in one chip with fewer pins. The apparatus of the present invention has a high power factor and a low total harmonic distortion (THD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignees: Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Power Management Associates LLC
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng Wu, Qin Huang, Ning Zhu, Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 7109692
    Abstract: A high-speed PWM control apparatus with adaptive voltage position and a driving signal generating method thereof is provided. The present invention automatically detects a change in the loading and adjusts the voltage position instantaneously for stabilizing the voltage and reducing the loading output power consumption. The present invention does not require a clock signal to generate a driving signal and does not require an error amplifier to control the modulation. Therefore, the present invention has a fast transient response that responds to the change of the loading instantaneously and has a stabilizing effect. When the apparatus is on a continuous conduction mode (CCM), the switching frequency of the controller is still fixed even though the input voltage Vin and the output voltage Vout are changed. The electrical-magnetic noise disturbance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignees: Niko Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Power Management Associates LLC
    Inventors: Chung-Cheng Wu, Qin Huang, Xiao-Ming Duan