Controlling output voltage for power converter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10326370-B2
Application number	US-201715604122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	Jun 2, 2016
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A method includes generating a first feedback signal in response to a tracking signal indicating an output signal of the power converter. The method further includes detecting an overshoot of the tracking signal or an undershoot of the tracking signal, generating a second feedback signal in response to the detection result and the first feedback signal, and generating a modulation signal in response to the second feedback signal. A circuit includes an overshoot-and-undershoot (OU) signal generator detecting an overshoot of a tracking signal or an undershoot of the tracking signal. The circuit further includes a feedback signal modulator receiving a first feedback signal and generating a second feedback signal in response to the detection result and the first feedback signal and a modulation controller generating a modulation signal in response to the second feedback signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a power converter, the method comprising:
generating a first feedback signal in response to a tracking signal, the tracking signal indicating an output signal of the power converter;
detecting an overshoot of the tracking signal or an undershoot of the tracking signal;
generating a second feedback signal in response to a detection result and the first feedback signal; and
generating a modulation signal in response to the second feedback signal,
wherein the second feedback signal is substantially the same as the first feedback signal when neither the overshoot nor the undershoot is detected, and
wherein the second feedback signal changes at a rate faster than a rate of the first feedback signal when the overshoot or the undershoot is detected.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing a value of the tracking signal to a value of an overshoot enable threshold voltage;
generating an overshoot signal having a first logic value when a first comparison result is obtained from comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the overshoot enable threshold voltage;
comparing the value of the tracking signal to a value of an overshoot disable threshold voltage; and
generating the overshoot signal having a second logic value when a second comparison result is obtained from comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the overshoot disable threshold voltage.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
decreasing a value of the first feedback signal at a first rate; and
decreasing a value of the second feedback signal at a second rate in response to the overshoot signal having the first logic value, the second rate being higher than the first rate of the first feedback signal,
wherein the first comparison result is obtained when the value of the tracking signal is equal to or greater than the value of the overshoot enable threshold voltage, and the second comparison result is obtained when the value of the tracking signal is less than the value of the overshoot disable threshold voltage.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
generating an overshoot end signal having the first logic value in response to the overshoot signal having the second logic value;
increasing a value of the second feedback signal until the value of the second feedback reaches a value of the first feedback signal; and
generating the overshoot end signal having the second logic value when the value of the second feedback signal reaches the value of the first feedback signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing a value of the tracking signal to a value of an undershoot enable threshold voltage;
generating an undershoot signal having a first logic value when a first comparison result is obtained from comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the undershoot enable threshold voltage;
comparing the value of the tracking signal to a value of an undershoot disable threshold voltage; and
generating the undershoot signal having a second logic value when a second comparison result is obtained from comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the undershoot disable threshold voltage.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
increasing a value of the first feedback signal at a first rate; and
increasing a value of the second feedback signal at a second rate when the undershoot signal has the first logic value, the second rate being higher than the first rate of the first feedback signal,
wherein the first comparison result obtained is when the value of the tracking signal is less than and the value of the undershoot enable threshold voltage, and the second comparison result is obtained when the value of the tracking signal is equal to or greater than the value of the undershoot disable threshold voltage.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
generating an undershoot end signal having the first logic value in response to the undershoot signal having the second logic value;
decreasing a value of the second feedback signal until the value of the second feedback reaches a value of the first feedback signal; and
generating the undershoot end signal having the second logic value when the value of the second feedback signal reaches the value of the first feedback signal.

8. A circuit for controlling a power converter comprising:
an overshoot-and-undershoot (OU) signal generator configured to detect an overshoot of a tracking signal or an undershoot of the tracking signal, the tracking signal indicating an output signal of the power converter;
a feedback signal modulator configured to receive a first feedback signal and generate a second feedback signal in response to a detection result and the first feedback signal; and
a modulation controller configured to generate a modulation signal in response to the second feedback signal,
wherein the feedback signal modulator generates the second feedback signal that is substantially the same as the first feedback signal when neither the overshoot nor the undershoot is detected, and
wherein the feedback signal modulator changes the second feedback signal at a rate faster than a rate of the first feedback signal when the OU signal generator detects the overshoot or the undershoot.

9. The circuit of claim 8 , wherein the OU signal generator includes:
a comparator comparing a value of the tracking signal to a value of an overshoot enable threshold voltage and a value of an overshoot disable threshold voltage, the comparator generating an overshoot signal having a first logic value when a first comparison result is obtained and generating the overshoot signal having a second logic value when a second comparison result is obtained.

10. The circuit of claim 9 , further comprising:
an amplifier decreasing a value of the first feedback signal at a first rate,
wherein the comparator includes:
a first comparator comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the overshoot enable threshold voltage;
a second comparator comparing the value of the tracking signal to the value of the overshoot disable threshold voltage; and
a first flip-flop generating the overshoot signal having the first logic value when the first comparator outputs the first comparison result, and generating the overshoot signal having the second logic value when the second comparator outputs the second comparison result,

wherein the feedback signal modulator includes:
a capacitor having a first end connected to a ground and a second end connected to an output node;
a first current source discharging the capacitor to decrease a value of the second feedback signal at a second rate in response to the overshoot signal having the first logic value, the second rate being higher than the first rate of the first feedback signal; and
a first switching device coupling the capacitor to the first current source in response to the overshoot signal having the first logic value, and

wherein the first comparator outputs the first comparison result when the value of the tracking signal is equal to or greater than the value of the overshoot enable threshold voltage, and the second comparator outputs the second comparison result when the value of the tracking signal is less than the value of the overshoot disable threshold voltage.

11. The circuit of claim 10 , wherein the feedback signal modulator further includes:
a second flip-flop generating an overshoot end signal having the first logic value in response to the overshoot signal having the second logic value;
a second current source charging the capacitor to increase the value of the seco

Assignees

• Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Ltd
• Semiconductor Components Ind Llc

Inventors

• Eum Hyun-Chul
• Kim Tae-Sung
• Kim Young-Jong

Classifications

• H05B45/48

  having LEDs organised in strings and incorporating parallel shunting devices · CPC title

• H05B45/44

  with an active control inside an LED matrix · CPC title

• H05B45/37

  Converter circuits · CPC title

• H02M1/08

  Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters · CPC title

• H02M3/33507 Primary

  with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters (H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence) · CPC title