Systems and methods for regulating output currents of power conversion systems

• US 9,570,986 B2
• Filed: 07/17/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Orthosie Investment Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Orthosie Investment Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhai, Xiangkun, Zhang, Yunchao, Zhou, Jun, Fang, Lieyi
• Primary Examiner(s): GBLENDE, JEFFREY A
• Application Number:
  US14/334,553
• Publication Number:
  US 20150303898A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0006 Arrangements for supplying an adequate voltage to the control circuit of converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/0009 Devices or circuits for detecting current in a converter
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/08 Circuits specially adapted for the generation of control voltages for semiconductor devices incorporated in static converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 1/36 Means for starting or stopping converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/33507 with automatic control of the output voltage or current, e.g. flyback converters H02M3/33561, H02M3/33569 take precedence
• 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 3/33546 with automatic control of the output voltage or current H02M3/33561 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/16 Modifications for eliminating interference voltages or currents
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/56 by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices using diodes H03K17/74
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/723 using transformer coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 3/012 Modifications of generator to improve response time or to decrease power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 7/08 Duration or width modulation ; Duty cycle modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/305 Frequency-control circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/345 Current stabilisation; Maintaining constant current
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3725 Switched mode power supply [SMPS]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/382 with galvanic isolation between input and output
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/397 Current mirror circuits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for regulating a power conversion system. An example system controller includes a first controller terminal and a second controller terminal. The first controller terminal is configured to receive a first signal associated with an input signal for a primary winding of a power conversation system. The second controller terminal is configured to output a drive signal to a switch to affect a first current flowing through the primary winding of the power conversion system, the drive signal being associated with an on-time period, the switch being closed during the on-time period. The system controller is configured to adjust a duration of the on-time period based on at least information associated with the first signal.

Claims

1. A system controller for regulating a power conversion system, the system controller comprising:

a jittering-signal generator configured to generate a jittering signal associated with multiple jittering cycles corresponding to a predetermined jittering frequency related to a predetermined jittering period;

a ramp-signal generator configured to receive the jittering signal and generate a ramping signal based on at least information associated with the jittering signal, the ramping signal being associated with a ramping slope;

a first controller terminal configured to provide a compensation signal based on at least information associated with a first current flowing through a primary winding of a power conversation system;

a comparator configured to receive the ramping signal and the compensation signal and output a comparison signal based on at least information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal; and

a driving component configured to generate a drive signal based on at least information associated with the comparison signal and output the drive signal to a switch to affect the first current, the drive signal being associated with multiple modulation cycles corresponding to a modulation frequency related to a modulation period;

wherein the system controller is further configured to;

change the ramping slope based on at least information associated with the jittering signal so that, within a same jittering cycle of the multiple jittering cycles, the ramping slope is changed by different magnitudes corresponding to the multiple modulation cycles respectively; and

adjust the modulation frequency based on at least information associated with the changed ramping slope.

2. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the predetermined jittering frequency is approximately constant.

3. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the predetermined jittering period is approximately constant.

4. The system controller of claim 1, further comprising:

a conversion component configured to generate a second current based on at least information associated with a first signal associated with an input signal for the primary winding;

wherein;

the ramp-signal generator is further configured to receive the second current and generate the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the second current and the jittering signal; and

the system controller is further configured to adjust a duration of an on-time period by adjusting the ramping slope of the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the first signal.

5. The system controller of claim 1, further comprising:

a conversion component configured to generate a second current based on at least information associated with the compensation signal;

wherein the ramp-signal generator is further configured to receive the second current and generate the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the jittering signal and the second current.

6. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the multiple modulation cycles are adjacent to each other.

7. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the multiple modulation cycles are not adjacent to each other.

8. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the modulation frequency is not constant.

9. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the modulation period is not constant.

10. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the ramping slope increases in magnitude during one or more of the multiple modulation cycles.

11. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the ramping slope decreases in magnitude during one or more of the multiple modulation cycles.

12. A system controller for regulating a power conversion system, the system controller comprising:

a jittering-signal generator configured to generate a random jittering signal;

a ramp-signal generator configured to receive the random jittering signal and generate a ramping signal based on at least information associated with the random jittering signal, the ramping signal being associated with a ramping slope;

a first controller terminal configured to provide a compensation signal based on at least information associated with a first current flowing through a primary winding of a power conversation system;

a comparator configured to receive the ramping signal and the compensation signal and output a comparison signal based on at least information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal; and

a driving component configured to generate a drive signal based on at least information associated with the comparison signal and output the drive signal to a switch to affect the first current, the drive signal being associated with multiple modulation cycles corresponding to a modulation frequency related to a modulation period;

wherein the system controller is further configured to;

change the ramping slope based on at least information associated with the random jittering signal so that the ramping slope is changed by random magnitudes corresponding to the multiple modulation cycles respectively; and

adjust the modulation frequency based on at least information associated with the ramping slope changed by the random magnitudes.

13. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the random jittering signal corresponds to a pseudo-random jittering signal.

14. The system controller of claim 12, further comprising:

a conversion component configured to generate a second current based on at least information associated with a first signal associated with an input signal for the primary winding;

wherein;

the ramp-signal generator is further configured to receive the second current and generate the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the second current and the random jittering signal; and

the system controller is further configured to adjust a duration of an on-time period by adjusting the ramping slope of the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the first signal.

15. The system controller of claim 12, further comprising:

a conversion component configured to generate a second current based on at least information associated with the compensation signal;

wherein the ramp-signal generator is further configured to receive the second current and generate the ramping signal based on at least information associated with the random jittering signal and the second current.

16. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the multiple modulation cycles are adjacent to each other.

17. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the multiple modulation cycles are not adjacent to each other.

18. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the modulation frequency is not constant.

19. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the modulation period is not constant.

20. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the ramping slope increases in magnitude during one or more of the multiple modulation cycles.

21. The system controller of claim 12 wherein the ramping slope decreases in magnitude during one or more of the multiple modulation cycles.

22. A method for regulating a power conversion system, the method comprising:

generating a jittering signal associated with multiple jittering cycles corresponding to a predetermined jittering frequency related to a predetermined jittering period;

receiving the jittering signal;

processing information associated with the jittering signal;

generating a ramping signal based on at least information associated with the jittering signal, the ramping signal being associated with a ramping slope;

providing a compensation signal based on at least information associated with a first current flowing through a primary winding of a power conversation system;

receiving the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

processing information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

outputting a comparison signal based on at least information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

processing information associated with the comparison signal;

generating a drive signal based on at least information associated with the comparison signal; and

outputting the drive signal to a switch to affect the first current, the drive signal being associated with multiple modulation cycles corresponding to a modulation frequency related to a modulation period;

wherein the generating a ramping signal includes;

changing the ramping slope based on at least information associated with the jittering signal so that, within a same jittering cycle of the multiple jittering cycles, the ramping slope is changed by different magnitudes corresponding to the multiple modulation cycles respectively;

wherein the changing the ramping slope is performed to adjust the modulation frequency based on at least information associated with the changed ramping slope.

23. A method for regulating a power conversion system, the method comprising:

generating a random jittering signal;

receiving the random jittering signal;

generating a ramping signal based on at least information associated with the random jittering signal, the ramping signal being associated with a ramping slope;

providing a compensation signal based on at least information associated with a first current flowing through a primary winding of a power conversation system;

receiving the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

processing information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

generating a comparison signal based on at least information associated with the ramping signal and the compensation signal;

generating a drive signal based on at least information associated with the comparison signal; and

outputting the drive signal to a switch to affect the first current, the drive signal being associated with multiple modulation cycles corresponding to a modulation frequency related to a modulation period;

wherein the generating a ramping signal includes;

changing the ramping slope based on at least information associated with the random jittering signal so that the ramping slope is changed by random magnitudes corresponding to the multiple modulation cycles respectively;

wherein the changing the ramping slope is performed to adjust the modulation frequency based on at least information associated with the ramping slope changed by the random magnitudes.