AN ISOLATION BARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN A PACKAGE FOR ISOLATED GATE DRIVER COMMUNICATION

• Main Author: Ionascu, Cristian
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 15.03.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC,OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWERSUPPLY SYSTEMS; BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY; CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORSOR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; PULSE TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION

A communication system includes a supply generator configured to generate a modulated supply according to a data transmission; a light emitting diode (LED) emulator including an emulator input coupled to the supply generator and an emulator output configured to output a sense voltage, wherein the emulator input is configured to receive a forward current derived from the modulated supply and translate the forward current into the sense voltage; a voltage comparator coupled to the emulator output and configured to receive the sense voltage and translate the sense voltage into a modulated output signal based on a communication voltage threshold; and a transmitter coupled to a comparator output and configured to receive the modulated output signal and generate a communication signal according to the data transmission based on the modulated output signal.