Technique for measuring temperature and current via a MOSFET of a synchronous buck voltage converter

In order to derive a precise measurement of temperature and current in a synchronous buck DC-DC converter a synchronous conduction cycle measurement of the value of reverse conduction voltage (VON), and an asynchronous conduction cycle measurement of the value of body diode conduction voltage (VDF)...

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1. Verfasser: PEARCE LAWRENCE G
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Zusammenfassung:In order to derive a precise measurement of temperature and current in a synchronous buck DC-DC converter a synchronous conduction cycle measurement of the value of reverse conduction voltage (VON), and an asynchronous conduction cycle measurement of the value of body diode conduction voltage (VDF) of the low side power MOSFET are performed. These two measured values are then used as dual inputs to a two-dimensional to two-dimensional transform function (e.g., look-up table) that is effective to map the measured voltage values into output values for current (I) and temperature (T).