Electricity: power supply or regulation systems inventions 07/06

20060164047 - Switching regulator, especially down converter, and switching/regulating method: A switching regulator, a step-down transformer in particular, is described, which has a switching device for generating a pulsed signal from an input signal as a function of a switching signal; a filtering device for filtering the pulsed signal and for outputting a smoothed output signal; a controllable amplifier device...

20060164048 - Line frequency switching regulator: In a switch mode power supply, a mains supply voltage source is coupled to a rectifier for producing an input supply voltage. The rectified input supply voltage is coupled unfiltered to an input of the SMPS. A switching power transistor having a controllable duty cycle is controlled by a duty...

20060164049 - Method of power supply to low-voltage power consumers:

20060164050 - Multi-phase dc-dc converter and control circuit for multi-phase dc-dc converter: A self-excited multi-phase DC-DC converter having satisfactory responsiveness when its load suddenly changes. A control unit of the converter compares output currents of first and second converter units. Based on the comparison result, the control unit generates control signals to operate a converter unit through which a smaller output current...

20060164053 - Compensation technique providing stability over broad range of output capacitor values: A disclosed amplifier and buffer circuit, for example for a linear voltage regulator, comprises an input gain stage, an integrator and a unity-gain output stage. An output stage compensation scheme enables stable operation over a broad range of output capacitance. For low to moderate output capacitance, the design of the...

20060164051 - Dc/dc down converter: At The invention relates to a DC/DC down converter which includes a synchronous rectifier, a switching element at its input side and an inductance at its output side. In order to permit fast load fluctuations as well as to reduce costs and operating losses, it is proposed to provide an...

20060164052 - Electrical regulator health monitor circuit systems and methods: Systems and methods for regulating input to a sensor. A circuit receives an unregulated voltage signal and a reduced version of the unregulated voltage signal. These signals are regulated by separate regulators then compared. If the difference between the two regulated signals is greater than a threshold amount then no...

20060164057 - Electronic component for power supply and a power supply device: This invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit for drive and a module for building a synchronous rectifier type switching regulator that is able to correctly detect and prevent a reverse current flowing through a coil (inductance element) during light load using a comparator and has a good power efficiency. In...

20060164055 - Semiconductor device provided with feedback circuit including resistive element and capacitive element: The present invention provides a switching power supply circuit capable of stabilizing an output voltage as well as increasing a response speed of the output voltage by improving a phase margin of an open loop as a whole of the switching power supply circuit. The switching power supply circuit according...

20060164056 - Switching regulator control circuit and switching regulator: In a maximum duty control state of a switching regulator control circuit, a period of time during which any one of a step-up switching circuit and a synchronous rectification switching circuit is always off is ensured, thereby preventing the switching efficiency from being remarkably deteriorated. In a maximum duty control...

20060164054 - Voltage regulator with bypass mode: A step down voltage regulator with bypass comprised of devices designed to operate over a maximum rated voltage lower than a supply voltage. The regulator includes an output regulation device coupled to the supply voltage and an output. An output device protection circuit is provided which is responsive to the...

20060164058 - Input stage resistant against negative voltage swings: Apparatus (10) comprising a level shifter (15) connectable to a signal input (1) for receiving an input signal (s(t)) with a negative signal swing. The level shifter (15) provides for a DC shift of the input signal (s(t)) to provide an output signal (r(t)) with positive signal swing. The level...

20060164059 - On-chip high frequency power supply noise sensor: The on-chip power supply noise sensor detects high frequency overshoots and undershoots of the power supply voltage. By creating two identical current sources and attaching a time constant circuit to only one, the high frequency transient behavior differs while the low frequency behavior is equivalent. By comparing these currents, the...

20060164060 - Constant-voltage circuit, semiconductor device using the same, and constant-voltage outputting method: A constant-voltage circuit includes a first transistor, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit having a second transistor and a differential amplifier. The first transistor controls an output current according to a first control signal output by the first control circuit such that an output voltage is substantially...

20060164061 - Single wire interface providing analog and digital communication between an ac power adapter and an electronic device: A single wire interface between an AC power adapter and end equipment, such as a notebook computer, conveys digital information from the adapter to the end equipment when the adapter is operative in a first operating mode and carries an analog signal employed in a closed loop to control the...

20060158157 - Power control device for an electrical appliance: A power control device includes a power coupler that includes a housing, a power input unit, a socket receptacle, and a control unit. The power input unit is mounted on the housing of the power coupler, and is connected electrically and removably to a commercial alternating current power source. The...

20060158160 - Buck converter, control method, and use of the buck converter: A buck converter is equipped with a switch, a diode, an inductance, a capacitor, an input with a first connection and second connection, and an output with a first connection and second connection. The first connection of the input is connected to the first connection of the output via a...

20060158158 - Current sensing structure for integrated power switches: Circuits and methods to sense the current through a coil of an integrated switching converter, applicable to boost and to buck converters, have been achieved. The present invention uses a “replica biasing” technique to avoid a resistor for current measurement. The current through a pass device is mirrored into a...

20060158159 - Multiphase dc-dc converter: A multiphase DC-DC converter that equalizes the output current of a plurality of converter units while improving responsiveness with respect to sudden changes in the output voltage. The converter includes a control unit for controlling the converter units. The control unit includes a comparator for comparing the output voltage of...

20060158161 - Internal voltage generation control circuit and internal voltage generation circuit using the same: Disclosed herein are an internal voltage generation control circuit and an internal voltage generation circuit using the same. The internal voltage generation control circuit comprises a row active controller for enabling a first internal voltage generation control signal when a row active signal is enabled upon input of an active...

20060158162 - Mos rectifying device, driving method thereof, and motor generator and motor vehicle using thereof: V-phase upper-arm open phase detecting circuit outputs a permission signal to allow U-phase lower-arm MOSFET to be conductive when the V-phase voltage is higher than the positive electrode potential. In response to this permission signal, U-phase lower-arm driver circuit drives U-phase lower-arm MOSFET. V-phase lower-arm open phase detecting circuit outputs...

20060158163 - Low-noise switching voltage regulator and methods therefor: Several techniques are provided to increase the efficiency and reduce the EMI of produced by a multiphase switching voltage regulator. According to one technique, a multiphase switching voltage regulator is controlled by varying in time the duration and/or position of each switching pulse for each of a plurality of channels...

20060158164 - Power supply circuit with series regulator: A series-regulator type of power supply circuit is provided. In the circuit, the emitter and collector of a transistor are connected to power input/output terminals. A control circuit controls a base current of the transistor based on the output voltage detected at the power output terminal and a given target...

20060158165 - Dual mode buck regulator with improved transition between ldo and pwm operation: A dual mode regulator, having a high current PWM regulator mode and a low current LDO regulator mode, briefly changes the operating parameters of the PWM and LDO regulators during a transition between modes. Changes during the transition period include: raising the error amplifier reference voltage of the LDO or...

20060158166 - Method and device for sensing current: In a method for synchronizing a mobile station with the base station in a mobile communication system, a reference-frequency oscillator is re-adjusted. To enable an inexpensive reference-frequency oscillator of simple construction to be used, the frequency variations resulting from a change in the temperature of the mobile station and a...

20060158167 - Smart start-up circuit for switching regulators: The smart start-up circuits basically include a sensor, two stacked PMOS transistors, two stacked NMOS transistors, and a feedback line. If the sensing voltage does not reach the expected voltage compared to the midpoint voltage of the sensor, the output voltage of the sensor turns on the corresponding transistor, which...

20060158168 - Switching power supply device and switching power supply system: There is provided a switching power supply device of hysteresis current mode control system which assures excellent response characteristic for change of output current and reduction of power consumption. In a switching regulator of hysteresis current mode control system, a sense resistor connected in series to a coil is eliminated,...

20060158170 - Clocked ramp apparatus for voltage regulator softstart and method for softstarting voltage regulators: Methods and apparatus for softstarting a voltage regulation circuit. A circuit for generating an output voltage at an output thereof includes a capacitor having a first terminal configured to be coupled to a reference potential and having a second terminal coupled to the output, and a switchable current source coupled...

20060158169 - Method for starting a voltage-mode switching power supply into a biased load: A method for starting up a voltage-mode switching power supply into a biased load includes computing a ratio of the load voltage at the biased load to an input voltage of the switching power supply, generating a first signal indicative of the duty cycle of the voltage-mode switching power supply,...

20060158171 - Circuit for use with switched leg power supply: A circuit for use with a power supply coupled in a switched leg of, for example, a lighting circuit, is described. The circuit provides a low impedance near the zero crossing of the AC signal and a high impedance thereafter, thereby allowing the power supply to draw current that bypasses,...

20060152199 - Auxiliary power supply: An auxiliary power supply equipment for a high voltage installation includes a power source at ground potential, a load circuit at high potential, and a transmission link for coupling the power source to the load circuit. The power source includes a high frequency voltage generator, and the transmission link comprises...

20060152200 - Booster: A booster circuit generates a boosted output by boosting a low voltage output supplied as a target to be boosted and feeds back a part of the boosted output, an output by the booster circuit itself, to the booster circuit as operation energy. An auxiliary booster circuit outputs start-up energy...

20060152201 - Electrical circuit for voltage transformation and use of said electrical circuit: An electrical circuit for voltage transformation, the electrical circuit being suitable for power factor correction, enables a good power factor correction to be achieved with a high efficiency of between 80% and 95% in the MHz frequency region. To this end, few components suitable for high frequencies (capacitors, inductances, diodes...

20060152202 - Power supply circuit: A power supply circuit relating to the present invention comprises a differential amplifier for feeding out a voltage as a control voltage in accordance with a difference between a feedback voltage commensurate with an output voltage and a reference voltage, an output current control element for feeding out an output...

20060152203 - Current limit circuit and power supply including same: The present invention is directed generally to a power supply. According to various embodiments, the power supply includes at least one DC/DC converter. The converter includes a primary switch controlled by a pulse width modulated control signal such that the primary switch is on for a D time period of...

20060152205 - Active transient response circuits, system and method for digital multiphase pulse width modulated regulators: Disclosed is a multi-phase pulse width modulated voltage regulator and method in which transient voltage excursions or deviations that exceed the load line voltage by more than a pre-determined amount are detected by an ATR circuit and a correction signal is applied. The correction signal is in the form of...

20060152204 - Determining dead times in switched-mode dc-dc converters: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are disclosed for determining dead-times in switched-mode DC-DC converters with synchronous rectifiers or other complementary switching devices. In one embodiment, for example, a controller for a DC-DC converter determines dead-times for switching devices of a synchronous rectifier or other complementary switching device of the converter in...

20060152206 - Method for improving the power supply rejection ratio (psrr) of low power reference circuits: A bandgap reference circuit includes two diode-connected transistors and an operational amplifier. The operational amplifier is connected in a feedback arrangement so that the current passing through transistor is substantially the same. This means that the current density in each transistor differs. The output of the operational amplifier is a...

20060145670 - Output current and input power regulation with a power converter: A power converter circuit senses the output voltage (Vo) and controls the converter's duty cycle (d1) to provide a steady output current (Io) or input power (Pin) in each switching cycle (T). During an initial period (Tramp), the controller provides a possibly smaller target current (Iramp) to reduce the system...

20060145671 - Circuit for preventing latch-up in dc-dc converter: There is provided a circuit for preventing latch-up in a DC-DC. The circuit for preventing a latch-up phenomenon in a DC-DC converter, the DC-DC converter having a first and a second DC-DC converters coupled with each other in one chip for receiving an input voltage to generate a positive voltage...

20060145672 - Power converters with limited operation to conserve power and with adjustments that overcome ringing: To conserve power when regulating the output voltage (Vo) of a power converter, no adjustment is made to the converter's pulse width modulation times (Tp, Ts) even if the output voltage is off target (Vtar), provided that the output voltage does not change or is moving towards the target voltage....

20060145674 - Gan semiconductor based voltage conversion device: A converter is provided having an AC input and a DC output. The converter includes a rectifier that receives the AC input and that provides a rectifier output, a series connected current to magnetic field energy storage device and current interrupter connected across the rectifier output and a series connected...

20060145673 - Method and apparatus for reducing inrush current to a voltage regulating circuit: A voltage regulating circuit, such as a voltage regulator or battery charger, limits inrush current by buffering an associated supply input decoupling capacitor through a current path that is selectively configured to have a high impedance for startup charging of the decoupling capacitor at a low current, and a low...

20060145676 - Method and circuit arrangement for a power supply: A power supply circuit arrangement is provided that includes a switching regulator for generating a first regulated voltage, a controlled load element that is impinged upon by the first regulated voltage, and a first control element for controlling the load element. A method for generating a supply voltage is also...

20060145675 - Programmable inductor current control for dc-dc converters: A DC-DC converter circuit includes an inductor having an inductor current, an inductor current emulation circuit for producing an emulated inductor current, and a control circuit coupled with the emulation circuit for receiving the emulated inductor current and determining a peak inductor current for the DC-DC converter....

20060145677 - Voltage conversion device and computer-readable recording medium having program recorded thereon for computer to control voltage conversion: In a case where the deviation between a target voltage (Vdc_com1) and an output voltage (Vm) is larger than a specified value (A), a voltage command (Vdc_com2) of a voltage step-up converter (12) is calculated by adding the specified value (A) to the output voltage (Vm). When the output voltage...

20060145678 - Switching power converter employing pulse frequency modulation control: A method for controlling a switching power converter provides an efficient algorithm for controlling the output voltage across loads that are relatively light with small transients. When the output voltage is at or below a predetermined first magnitude, a determination is made of the charge required for one or more...

20060145679 - Voltage regulator having positive temperature coefficient for self-compensation and related method of regulating voltage: Disclosed herein is a voltage regulator, and related method, for regulating a boost voltage generated by a boost circuit. In one embodiment, the voltage regulator includes a regulated voltage input operable to receive a regulated voltage derived from the boost voltage, a reference voltage input operable to receive a constant...

20060145680 - Method for analyzing the inner temperature field and flow field in power transformers: A method for analyzing the inner temperature field and flow field in power transformers uses an Icepak application™ to simulate at least one value of the component the power transformer. Steps: inputting at least one first parameter value of the component of the power transformer, and inputting a calculated heat...