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Radiation tolerant, analog latch peak current mode control for power converters

  • US 9,979,285 B1
  • Filed: 10/17/2017
  • Issued: 05/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A peak current mode control (PCMC) controller for a power converter, the power converter comprising one or more controllable switches that selectively electrically couples a power source to a load, the PCMC controller comprising:

  • a latch circuit comprising an analog comparator and a latching capacitor, the analog comparator comprising a first input node coupled to the latching capacitor, a second input node coupled to a latch circuit reference voltage circuit, and an output node;

    a peak current detector circuit comprising an analog comparator having a first input node coupled to a current sensor circuit that, in operation, senses a current of the power converter, a second input node coupled to an error control signal circuit, and an output node coupled to the latching capacitor, in operation the peak current detector circuit compares a current sensor signal received from the current sensor circuit to an error control signal received from the error control signal circuit and, responsive to detecting that the current sensor signal exceeds the error control signal, causes the latching capacitor to discharge;

    a clock circuit comprising an analog comparator, in operation, the clock circuit generates a clock signal at a clock signal node and a charge signal at a charge signal node, the charge signal node being coupled to the latching capacitor to selectively charge the latching capacitor; and

    a gate circuit comprising an analog comparator having a first input node coupled to a gate circuit reference voltage circuit, a second input node coupled to the clock signal node and to the output node of the analog comparator of the latch circuit via an OR-circuit, and an output node that, in operation, provides a control signal to the one or more controllable switches of the power converter.

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