Patent ID: 9374032
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H02P,H03K

Claim Text:
1. A PWM signal generating method comprising: comparing, by a comparing circuit, a value indicative of a pulse width of a PWM signal and a value indicative of a reference dead time period; generating a resultant signal based on the comparison; generating, by a PWM output circuit, a PWM output signal including a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal based on the pulse width value, a value indicative of a dead time period, the resultant signal, and a clock value of a clock period; setting, by a dead time setting circuit, a signal indicative of the dead time period into the PWM output signal in response to a setting event of the first and second voltage signals; and generating, by the PWM output circuit, a target PWM output signal based on the setting of the signal, wherein said generating of the PWM output signal comprises: simultaneously generating the first and second voltage signals, the first voltage signal being set to an inactive level when the resultant signal indicates that the pulse width value is equal to or smaller than the reference dead time period value, and the second voltage signal being set to an inactive level for a period of time which equals the pulse width value; and simultaneously generating the first and second voltage signals, the first voltage signal being set to an active level for a period of time which equals the difference between the pulse width value and the dead time period value when the resultant signal indicates that the pulse width value is greater than the reference dead time period value, and the second voltage signal being set to an inactive level for a period of time which equals the difference between the pulse width value and the dead time period value, and wherein the setting of the signal indicative of the dead time period comprises: setting the dead time signal into the first voltage signal at a transition of the first voltage signal from an inactive to an active level in response to the setting event; and setting the dead time signal into the second voltage signal at a transition of the second voltage signal from an inactive to an active level in response to the setting event.