CONTROLLED POWER CONVERTER

• US 20100013534A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 01/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pascal A/S (Pascal Capital ApS)
• Original Assignee: Pascal A/S (Pascal Capital ApS)
• Inventors: Hansen, Jesper Lind, Fenger, Lars Rosenkvist
• Granted Patent: US 7,893,743 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 327/172
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/217 Class D power amplifiers; Switching amplifiers

Abstract

A pulse modulated converter comprising an input stage (1) for generating a first control signal (2) based on an input signal (3) and a first feedback signal (4), and a comparator (5) for generating a pulse width modulated signal (6) based on said first control signal and a reference signal (7), means for providing a hysteresis when generating the pulse width modulated signal (6), a power stage (8) for generating an amplified pulse width modulated signal (9), an output filter (10) for filtering said amplified pulse width modulated signal (9), so as to create an analog output signal (11). In said pulse modulated converter, the first feedback signal (4) is formed as a combination of a second feedback signal (12) and a third feedback signal (13). The second feedback signal (12) is derived from the amplified pulse width modulated signal (9) using a first predetermined transfer function (14). The third feedback signal (13) is derived from the analog output signal (11) using a second predetermined transfer function (15). The second predetermined transfer function (15) comprises at least one zero.

Claims

1. A pulse modulated converter comprising an input stage for generating a first control signal based on an input signal and a first feedback, and

a comparator for generating a pulse width modulated signal based on said first control signal and a reference signal,

means for providing a hysteresis when generating the pulse width modulated,

a power stage for generating an amplified pulse width modulated signal,

an output filter for filtering said amplified pulse width modulated signal, so as to create an analog output signal,

wherein said first feedback signal is formed as a combination of a second feedback signal and a third feedback signal,

said second feedback signal being derived from the amplified pulse width modulated signal using a first predetermined transfer function, and

said third feedback signal being derived from the analog output signal using a second predetermined transfer function,

where said second predetermined transfer function comprises at least one zero.

2. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein said first predetermined transfer function comprises at least one zero.

3. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein said first predetermined transfer function comprises at least one pole and at least one zero.

4. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined transfer function comprises a transfer function gain, comprising neither poles nor zeroes.

5. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined transfer function comprises at least one pole and a zero.

6. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein said input stage comprises an integrator for integrating the signal difference between said input signal and said feedback signal, and means for outputting the resulting signal of said integration as the control signal.

7. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 2, wherein the first predetermined transfer function in a single ended implementation has been implemented using at least one resistor in series with a capacitor, and wherein the second predetermined transfer function has been implemented using at least one capacitor in parallel with a resistor.

8. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, where first predetermined transfer function is implemented using a negative voltage feedback loop.

9. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 5, wherein the first predetermined transfer function is implemented using a negative current feedback loop.

10. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein the input stage comprises at least a pole implemented at very low frequencies.

11. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein the first predetermined transfer function is implemented with a DC-impedance, which exceeds the DC-impedance, with which the second predetermined transfer function is implemented, by at least a factor of 5.

12. A pulse modulated converter according to claim 1, wherein the input stage has been implemented using at least one pole and at least one zero.