US 12,191,771 B2
Circuit path configuration for enhancing overvoltage protection in a switching power supply
Houlin Xie, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/908,053
Filed by Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/022924
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/194838, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/993,803, filed on Mar. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0117578 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01)
CPC H02M 3/335 (2013.01) [H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/33507 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power supply comprising:
a bridge rectifier configured to provide a rectified alternating current (AC) voltage to a first node;
a primary side switch comprising a drain, the drain electrically coupled to the first node via a first circuit path, the first circuit path comprising a first circuit path node between the first node and the drain; and
a controller configured to control the primary side switch according to a switching waveform, the controller comprising a voltage monitor input electrically coupled to the first circuit path node via a second circuit path, the second circuit path configured to provide a monitor voltage to the voltage monitor input and comprising a second circuit path node configured to provide a node voltage according to a relationship between a first current, a second current, and a third current,
wherein the second circuit path is configured to provide the first current and the third current, and the second circuit path node is between the first circuit path node and the voltage monitor input, and
wherein the controller further comprises a control input, the control input electrically coupled to the second circuit path node via a fourth circuit path configured to provide the second current.