Patent attributes
A circuit for detecting faults in a converter, the converter including a switching stage having high- and low-side series switches connected together at a switching node and fault circuitry for managing a plurality of fault conditions, an input voltage source being provided at one terminal of the high-side switch. The circuit including a gate driver circuit connected to gate terminals of the high- and low-side switches for providing PWM signals to control the switching stage; a comparator circuit for comparing a voltage at the switching node to the input voltage and providing an output signal, the comparator circuit having output, positive and negative terminals; a capacitor connected to the output terminal of the comparator circuit to generate an AC component of the comparator circuit output signal; and a rectifier circuit connected to the capacitor for rectifying the AC component of the comparator circuit output signal and providing a fault-indicating signal to the gate driver circuit. The fault-indicating signal is used to drive the fault circuitry to correct a fault condition selected from the plurality of fault conditions in the converter system.
