Systems and methods for controlling gate voltage increase on primary side to reduce voltage spike on secondary side of switching power supplies

• Main Authors: Fang, Lieyi, Yang, Dongze, Lin, Yuan, Yang, Penglin
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 23.07.2024
• 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; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUTPOWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION

Controller and method for a switching power supply. For example, a controller for a switching power supply includes: a first terminal configured to receive a feedback voltage representing an output voltage associated with a secondary winding of the switching power supply; a second terminal configured to output a drive voltage to a first transistor associated with a primary winding coupled to the secondary winding of the switching power supply; a comparator configured to receive the feedback voltage and a predetermined feedback threshold and generate a comparison signal based at least in part on the feedback voltage and the predetermined feedback threshold; a pulse-width detector configured to detect a pulse width of the drive voltage during a first switching cycle, compare the detected pulse width with a predetermined time threshold, and generate a detection signal based at least in part on the detected pulse width and the predetermined time threshold.