METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENTLY SETTING DEAD TIME

Apparatus for setting dead time between ON times of two series connected switches of a power converter circuit connected across a supply potential, the apparatus comprising a circuit for monitoring a power converter circuit parameter and providing an output corresponding to the circuit parameter; a memory addressed by a signal related to the output of the monitoring circuit, the memory having values stored therein related to the dead times and associated with values of the circuit parameter; a processor providing an output of the memory associated with the value of the circuit parameter to set the dead time corresponding to the stored value in the memory, and a dead time implementing stage for implementing the dead time in accordance with the output of the memory.