Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a crystalline silicon layer, a well, a body region, a gate, a source, and a drain. The body region has a P-type conductivity type, and is formed in the well. The gate is located on and in contact with the well. The source and the drain have an N-type conductivity type, and are located below, outside, and at different sides of the gate, and are located in the body region and the well respectively. An inverse region is defined in the body region between the source and the well, to serve as an inverse current channel in an ON operation. The inverse region includes a germanium distribution region which has a germanium atom concentration higher than 1*1013 atoms/cm2. Adrift region is defined in the well, between the body region and the drain, to serve as a drift current channel in an ON operation.

Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, an isolation region, a deep well, a buried layer, a first high voltage well, a first conductivity type well, a second high voltage well, a body region, a body contact, a deep well column, a gate, a source and a drain. The deep well column is located between the drain and a boundary of the conductive layer which is near the source in a channel direction. The deep well column is a minority carriers absorption channel, to avoid turning ON a parasitic transistor in the high voltage device.

Abstract: A power supply system includes a power supplier circuit and a power receiver circuit. The power supplier circuit supplies a power via a communication interface compatible with a first communication interface specification or a second communication interface specification. The first communication interface specification includes a delay threshold. After the power supplier circuit is coupled to the power receiver circuit, the power supplier circuit supplies the power after a first delay period. The power receiver circuit confirms whether the power supplier circuit is coupled to the power receiver circuit via a coupling confirmation step according to the first communication interface specification. The power receiver circuit confirms whether the power supplier circuit is compatible with the first communication interface specification or the second communication interface specification according to whether the first delay period is greater than the delay threshold.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for estimating the state of charge (SOC) of a battery when battery is in the at least states of: charging, discharging, and relaxing. The invention makes use of the battery voltage (VBAT) instead of the battery current. In order to build models in the method, we use standard charging and discharging processes to collect battery information.

Abstract: A wireless power transfer system includes: a transmitting side, which includes a resonant transmitting circuit, the resonant transmitting circuit including a transmitter coil; and a receiving side, which includes a resonant receiving circuit, the resonant receiving circuit including a receiver coil for performing induction with the transmitter coil to generate a resonant receiver voltage, wherein the transmitter adjusts a transmitter current of the resonant transmitting circuit according to the resonant receiver voltage such that the resonant receiver voltage is regulated to a target voltage level. The wireless power transfer system determines a shift distance from a present relative position to an optimal relative position according to the adjusted transmitter current of the resonant transmitting circuit.

Abstract: A multi-source energy harvester system includes a power conversion apparatus. First and second energy harvesters respectively harvest first and second energy and respectively provide first and second input powers. The power conversion apparatus includes an adjustable impedance matching circuit and a power conversion circuit. The impedance matching circuit generates an adjusted power according to the first input power. The power conversion circuit converts a bus power to an output power. The energy harvester system controls a first and a second switch circuits according to the adjusted power and/or the second input power to select and conduct one of the adjusted power or the second input power as the bus power, and adjusts an impedance of the adjustable impedance matching circuit to maximize a voltage of the adjusted power.

Abstract: A multi-level switching power converter includes a multi-level power stage circuit which converts an input power to an output power. The power stage circuit includes an inductor, a conversion capacitor and plural power switches. The controller circuit controls the multi-level power stage circuit and includes: a feedback pulse generator circuit which generates a trigger pulse; a first timer circuit and a second timer circuit which determine a first time period and a second time period respectively according to the trigger pulse; and an adjusting circuit which adjusts the first time period according to a difference between the voltage across the conversion capacitor and a reference voltage such that an average of the voltage across the conversion capacitor is substantially equal to a level of the reference voltage.

Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, an isolation structure, a drift oxide region, a well, a body region, a body contact, a buffer region, a gate, and a source and a drain. The body contact includes a main body contact and at least one sub-body contact. The main body contact is adjacent to the source, wherein the main body contact and the source are rectangles that extend along a width direction, and the source is located between the main body contact and the gate. The sub-body contact extends from the main body contact toward the gate and contacts an inverse current channel. The buffer region encompasses all the periphery of the body region below a top surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein an impurity concentration of the buffer region is lower than an impurity concentration of the body region.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus having multiple output ports includes: a master power supply circuit for supplying a master output power via a master power switch; a slave power supply circuit for supplying a slave output power via a slave power switch; and a shared resistor coupled between a power management node and a reference ground level. The slave sensing circuit outputs the slave sensing current via a slave power management pin, to generate a total power signal at the power management node. The master control circuit senses the total power signal via the master power management pin, to determine an adjustment current. The slave control circuit controls the slave power switch according to a voltage at the slave power management pin, to adjust the slave output power, so that a total power of the master output power and the slave output power does not exceed a predetermined power range.

Abstract: A charger circuit for providing a charging current and voltage to a battery includes a power delivery unit and a capacitive power conversion circuit. The power delivery unit converts an input power to a DC voltage and current. The capacitive power conversion circuit includes a conversion switch circuit including plural conversion switches and being coupled with one or plural conversion capacitors, a regulation switch, and a conversion control circuit. In a current scaled-up charging mode, the DC current is regulated, and the conversion control circuit controls the connection of the plural conversion capacitors such that the charging current is scaled-up of the DC current substantially by a predetermined current scale-up factor. In a constant voltage linear charging mode, the conversion control circuit linearly controls the regulation switch to regulate the level of the charging voltage to a predetermined constant voltage level.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus includes a power delivery unit generating a power, a load unit receiving the power, a cable, at least a connector, at least a power switch, and a communication interface. The power delivery unit and the load unit is coupled by the connector and the cable, and the power is delivered through the cable and the connector. A voltage threshold is determined according to a delivery current of the power or a load current of the load unit. When a voltage difference between a delivery voltage of the power and a load voltage of the load unit is larger than the voltage threshold, the power switch is turned OFF, wherein information of one of the delivery voltage, the load voltage, the delivery current, and/or the load current is provided through the communication interface.

Abstract: A wireless power transmitter circuit includes a power converter circuit, a power inverter circuit, an LC circuit, a resonant transmitter circuit, and a control circuit. The LC circuit includes an inductor and a capacitor, wherein an reactance of the LC circuit is substantially zero. The LC circuit is for converting the AC output current to a coil current. The resonant transmitter circuit includes at least one transmitter coil and a variable capacitor circuit, wherein the coil current flows through the at least one transmitter coil to generate a resonant wireless power. The control circuit generates a capacitance adjustment signal for adjusting an impedance of the variable capacitor circuit, such that the resonant transmitter circuit substantially operates in an impedance matched condition.

Abstract: A charging circuit includes a power conversion circuit, an inductor, and at least one conversion capacitor. The power conversion circuit includes a conversion switch circuit and a conversion control circuit. The conversion switch circuit includes an upper switch, a lower switch, and at least one auxiliary switch. In a switching conversion mode, the conversion control circuit operates the conversion switch circuit to switch the inductor to plural voltage levels repetitively for converting an input power to a charging power to charge a battery by switching power conversion. In a capacitive conversion mode, the conversion control circuit operates the conversion switch circuit to switch the conversion capacitor between two of voltage division nodes periodically for converting the input power to the charging power by capacitive power conversion.

Abstract: A ZVS (zero voltage switching) control circuit for controlling a flyback power converter includes: a primary side controller circuit for generating a switching signal, to control a primary side switch; and a secondary side controller circuit for generating a synchronous rectifier (SR) control signal for controlling a synchronous rectifier switch. The SR control signal includes an SR-control pulse and a ZVS pulse. The SR-control pulse controls the synchronous rectifier switch to perform secondary side synchronous rectification. The secondary side controller circuit determines a trigger timing point of the ZVS pulse according to a waveform characteristic of a ringing signal, to control the synchronous rectifier switch to be ON for a predetermined period, thereby achieving zero voltage switching of the primary side switch. The primary side or the secondary side controller circuit includes a jitter controller for performing jitter control on the ZVS pulse.

Abstract: A high voltage device includes: a semiconductor layer, an isolation structure, a drift oxide region, a well, a body region, a gate, at least one sub-gate, a source, a drain and a conductive connection structure. The drift oxide region is located on a drift region in an operation region. The sub-gate is formed on the drift oxide region in the operation region. The sub-gate is a rectangle shape extending along a width direction, and in parallel with the gate. A conductive connection structure connects the gate and the sub-gate.

Abstract: A power system capable of detecting a foreign object, includes a power supplier side, a power receiver side, and a cable. The power supplier side includes a power converter, a foreign object detection and control circuit, and a pull-up circuit. The power converter supplies a supply voltage to the power receiver side according to a power supply control signal. The foreign object detection and control circuit generates the power supply control signal for controlling the power converter, and generates a foreign object detection and control signal according to a voltage at a supplier transmission node of the power supplier side, for determining whether a foreign object exists in the power receiver side. The pull-up circuit adjusts a level of a supply current which is supplied from the supplier transmission node to the power receiver side.

Abstract: Whether a synchronous signal includes a synchronous pulse is determined by detecting whether there is a positive pulse higher than a positive threshold followed by a negative pulse lower than a negative threshold. The pulse signal detection method includes: comparing the synchronous signal with the positive threshold; comparing the synchronous signal with the negative threshold; and determining that the synchronous pulse exists when the positive pulse of the synchronous signal is higher than the positive threshold and the negative pulse of the synchronous signal is lower than the negative threshold in a post detection period after the positive pulse of the synchronous signal is determined higher than the positive threshold.

Abstract: A flyback power converter includes: a transformer, a primary side switch and a primary side controller circuit. The primary side controller circuit includes: a pulse modulation circuit and a protection control circuit. The pulse modulation circuit generates a pulse modulation signal. The protection control circuit is coupled to the pulse modulation circuit and compares an AC voltage related signal with an over voltage threshold. When the AC voltage related signal exceeds the over voltage threshold, the comparison circuit generates an over voltage protection trigger signal. When the pulse number of the over voltage protection trigger signal exceeds the over voltage counting threshold, the over voltage counter circuit triggers an over voltage protection signal, to indicate that an over voltage condition occurs, and a protection operation is performed.

Abstract: A metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) device includes: a semiconductor layer, an isolation structure, a well, a gate, a source, a drain, a first lightly doped region, and a second lightly doped region. The first lightly doped region is located right below a spacer layer and a portion of a dielectric layer of the gate. In a channel direction, the first lightly doped region is between and contacts the drain and an inversion current channel. The second lightly doped region includes a first part and a second part. The first part is located right below the spacer which is near the source, and the first part is between and contacts the source and the inversion current channel. The second part is located right below the spacer which is near the drain, and the second part is between and contacts the drain and the first lightly doped region.

Abstract: A high voltage MOS device includes: a well, a drift region, a gate, a source, a drain, and plural buried columns. A part of the gate is stacked on a part of the well, and another part of the gate is stacked on a part of the drift region. The source connects the well in a lateral direction. The drain connects the drift region in the lateral direction. The drain and the source are separated by the well and the drift region, and the drain and the source are located at different sides of the gate. The plural buried columns are formed beneath the top surface by a predetermined distance, and each buried column does not connect the top surface. At least a part of every buried column is surrounded by the drift region, and the buried columns and the drift region are arranged in an alternating manner.