SECONDARY CONTROLLER APPLIED TO A SECONDARY SIDE OF A POWER CONVERTER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20200136519A1
• Filed: 07/09/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leadtrend Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Leadtrend Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Lin, Chung-Wei, Lee, Hung-Ching
• Granted Patent: US 10,756,639 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33523 with galvanic isolation between input and output of both the power stage and the feedback loop
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33576 having at least one active switching element at the secondary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33592 having a synchronous rectifier circuit or a synchronous freewheeling circuit at the secondary side of an isolation transformer
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 70/10 Technologies improving the efficiency by using switched-mode power supplies [SMPS], i.e. efficient power electronics conversion e.g. power factor correction or reduction of losses in power supplies or efficient standby modes

Abstract

A secondary controller applied to a secondary side of a power converter includes a control signal generation circuit, a voltage detection signal generation circuit, and a gate control signal generation circuit. The control signal generation circuit generates a short-circuited control signal to a short winding switch after a gate control signal to make the short winding switch be turned on. When an output voltage of the power converter is less than a predetermined voltage, the voltage detection signal generation circuit generates a first detection signal to the control signal generation circuit. The control signal generation circuit further generates a gate pulse control signal according to the first detection signal. The gate control signal generation circuit generates a gate pulse signal according to the gate pulse control signal, wherein the gate pulse signal is used for making a primary side of the power converter be turned on.

Claims

1. A secondary controller applied to a secondary side of a power converter, the secondary controller comprising:

a control signal generation circuit for generating a short-circuited control signal to a short winding switch after a gate control signal to make the short winding switch be turned on according to the short-circuited control signal;

a voltage detection signal generation circuit coupled to an output terminal of the secondary side of the power converter and the control signal generation circuit for generating a first detection signal to the control signal generation circuit when an output voltage of the power converter is less than a predetermined voltage, wherein the control signal generation circuit further generates a gate pulse control signal according to the first detection signal; and

a gate control signal generation circuit coupled to the control signal generation circuit for generating a gate pulse signal according to the gate pulse control signal, wherein the gate pulse signal is used for making a primary side of the power converter be turned on.

2. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein the power converter is a flyback power converter.

3. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein during turning-on of the short winding switch, the primary side of the power converter is turned off.

4. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein a synchronous switch of the secondary side of the power converter is turned on according to the gate pulse signal, and during enabling time of the gate pulse signal, variety of a secondary-side voltage of the secondary side of the power converter due to turning-on of the synchronous switch is coupled to the primary side of the power converter through a secondary-side winding and a primary-side auxiliary winding of the power converter to make the primary side of the power converter be turned on.

5. The secondary controller of claim 4, wherein a voltage generated by the variety of the secondary-side voltage is greater than a reference voltage, the primary side of the power converter is turned on.

6. The secondary controller of claim 4, wherein a slope of a voltage generated by the variety of the secondary-side voltage is greater than a reference value, the primary side of the power converter is turned on.

7. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein during turning-on of the secondary side of the power converter, the gate control signal generation circuit further generates the gate control signal according to a secondary-side voltage of the secondary side of the power converter, and a synchronous switch of the secondary side of the power converter is turned on according to the gate pulse signal.

8. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein a predetermined time exists between the gate control signal and the short-circuited control signal.

9. The secondary controller of claim 1, further comprising:

a current detection signal generation circuit for generating a second detection signal to the control signal generation circuit when an output current of the power converter is greater than a predetermined current, wherein the control signal generation circuit further generates the gate pulse control signal according to the second detection signal.

10. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein the short winding switch is coupled to a secondary-side winding of the power converter.

11. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein the short winding switch is coupled to a secondary-side auxiliary winding of the power converter.

12. The secondary controller of claim 1, wherein the control signal generation circuit further turns off the short-circuited control signal according to the first detection signal.

13. An operation method of a secondary controller applied to secondary side of a power converter, the secondary controller comprising a control signal generation circuit, a voltage detection signal generation circuit, and a gate control signal generation circuit, the operation method comprising:

the control signal generation circuit generating a short-circuited control signal to a short winding switch to make the short winding switch be turned on according to the short-circuited control signal after a gate control signal;

the voltage detection signal generation circuit generating a first detection signal to the control signal generation circuit when an output voltage of the power converter is less than a predetermined voltage;

the control signal generation circuit generating a gate pulse control signal according to the first detection signal; and

the gate control signal generation circuit generating a gate pulse signal according to the gate pulse control signal, wherein the gate pulse signal is used for making a primary side of the power converter be turned on.

14. The operation method of claim 13, wherein during turning-on of the short winding switch, the primary side of the power converter is turned off.

15. The operation method of claim 13, wherein the gate pulse signal is used for making the primary side of the power converter be turned on comprises:

a synchronous switch of the secondary side of the power converter being turned on according to the gate pulse signal; and

variety of a secondary-side voltage of the secondary side of the power converter due to turning-on of the synchronous switch being coupled to the primary side of the power converter through a secondary-side winding and a primary-side auxiliary winding of the power converter to make the primary side of the power converter be turned on during enabling time of the gate pulse signal.

16. The operation method of claim 15, wherein a voltage generated by the variety of the secondary-side voltage is greater than a reference voltage, the primary side of the power converter is turned on.

17. The operation method of claim 15, wherein a slope of a voltage generated by the variety of the secondary-side voltage is greater than a reference value, the primary side of the power converter is turned on.

18. The operation method of claim 13, wherein during turning-on of the secondary side of the power converter, the gate control signal generation circuit further generates the gate control signal according to a secondary-side voltage of the secondary side of the power converter, and a synchronous switch of the secondary side of the power converter is turned on according to the gate pulse signal.

19. The operation method of claim 13, wherein a predetermined time exists between the gate control signal and the short-circuited control signal.

20. The operation method of claim 13, wherein the control signal generation circuit further turns off the short-circuited control signal according to the first detection signal.