Patent ID: 11942865
Assignee: TDK-LAMBDA AMERICAS INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method for operating a power converter that comprises a voltage-modulating circuit configured to receive an input voltage and provide an output voltage, a sensing circuit configured to measure a voltage of the voltage-modulating circuit, and a controller configured to selectively drive one or more switches of the voltage-modulating circuit based on the voltage measurement, the method comprising:
changing, by the controller, an operational mode of the voltage-modulating circuit based on a removable circuit element engaged with one or more externally programmable connectors indicating the operational mode of the voltage-modulating circuit;
receiving, by the one or more externally programmable connectors of the sensing circuit, a selection of one or more boundaries for an output voltage window for operating the voltage-modulating circuit;
obtaining, with the sensing circuit, the voltage measurement;
responsive to determining that the operational mode of the voltage-modulating circuit is a pass-through mode and the voltage measurement indicates that a level of the input voltage is within the output voltage window having an upper boundary and a lower boundary, controlling, with the controller, a level of the output voltage to correspond with a level of the input voltage without switching the one or more switches; and
responsive to determining that the operational mode of the voltage-modulating circuit is a voltage-modulating mode and the voltage measurement indicates that the level of the input voltage is outside the output voltage window, controlling, with the controller, the level of the output voltage to differ from the level of the input voltage by switching the one or more switches.