Patent attributes
A method and apparatus for controlling a power converter are provided. In the method and apparatus, switching from a first phase to a second phase is delayed until it is determined that both a tank current signal of the converter goes below a tank current threshold and the converter has been in the first phase for more than a first minimum time period. Then the converter determines if a resonant capacitor voltage has fallen below a first resonant capacitance voltage threshold and if a tank current signal goes above a tank current threshold. The converter switches from the first phase to the second phase in response to determining at least one of: the resonant capacitor voltage has fallen below the first resonant capacitance voltage threshold and the tank current signal goes above the tank current threshold. The converter is additionally operated in third and fourth states.
