Fenwick & West LLP
AC-DC power supply input voltage detection and monitoring
A power converter includes a transformer with a primary and a secondary winding and a switch. A controller of the power converter at the primary winding side of the transformer generates a control signal to turn on or turn off the switch, the switch being turned on responsive to the control signal being in a first state and the switch being turned off responsive to the control signal being in a second state. The controller determines current through the primary winding generated while the switch is turned on and indirectly detects an input voltage to the power converter based on the current through the primary winding generated while the switch is turned on. The controller in turn may detect conditions such as a loss of power or brown out at the input of the power converter based on the indirectly detected input voltage.
Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
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David Yong Fuqiang Hien Huu
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