Systems and methods for adjusting one or more thresholds in power converters

1. A system controller for a power converter, the system controller comprising:

a first current controller configured to receive a first input signal and generate a first output signal based at least in part on the first input signal;

a second current controller configured to receive a compensation signal and a second input signal and generate a second output signal based at least in part on the second input signal; and

a drive signal generator configured to receive the first output signal and the second output signal, generate a first drive signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal, and generate a second drive signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal;

wherein:

the first current controller is configured to, in response to the first input signal becoming equal to or larger than a first threshold, change the first output signal from a first logic level to a second logic level; and

the second current controller is configured to, in response to the second input signal becoming equal to or smaller than a second threshold, change the second output signal from the first logic level to the second logic level;

wherein the drive signal generator is configured to:

in response to the first output signal being at the first logic level and the second output signal being at the second logic level, generate, with or without a first delay, the first drive signal at a third logic level; and

in response to the first output signal being at the second logic level and the second output signal being at the first logic level, generate, with or without a second delay, the first drive signal at a fourth logic level, the fourth logic level being different from the third logic level;

wherein the second current controller is further configured to, under a continuous-conduction-mode,

in response to the compensation signal increasing in magnitude, increase the second threshold in magnitude; and

in response to the compensation signal decreasing in magnitude, decrease the second threshold in magnitude.

2. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the first current controller is configured to, in response to the first input signal becoming equal to or larger than the first threshold,

change the first output signal from the first logic level to the second logic level;

keep the first output signal at the second logic level for a predetermined period of time; and

change the first output signal from the second logic level back to the first logic level.

3. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the second current controller is further configured to receive the first output signal.

4. The system controller of claim 3 wherein the second current controller is further configured to:

in response to the second input signal becoming equal to or smaller than the second threshold, change the second output signal from the first logic level to the second logic level; and

in response to the first output signal changing from the first logic level to the second logic level, change the second output signal from the second logic level back to the first logic level.

5. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the drive signal generator is further configured to:

output the first drive signal to a first transistor including a first transistor terminal; and

output the second drive signal to a second transistor including a second transistor terminal connected to the first transistor terminal;

wherein:

the first transistor terminal and the second transistor terminal are connected to a first inductor terminal of an inductor; and

the inductor includes a second inductor terminal associated with a terminal voltage.

6. The system controller of claim 5 , and further comprising:

an error amplifier configured to receive a reference voltage and a feedback voltage, the feedback voltage being proportional to the terminal voltage; and

a compensation network;

wherein the error amplifier is further configured to, together with the compensation network, generate the compensation signal based at least in part on the reference voltage and the feedback voltage.

7. The system controller of claim 5 wherein:

the first input signal represents a magnitude of a first transistor current flowing through the first transistor; and

the second input signal represents a magnitude of a second transistor current flowing through the second transistor.

8. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the drive signal generator includes:

a flip-flop configured to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and generate a modulation signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal;

a logic controller configured to receive the modulation signal and generate a first logic signal and a second logic signal based at least in part on the modulation signal;

a first driver configured to receive the first logic signal and generate the first drive signal based at least in part on the first logic signal; and

a second driver configured to receive the second logic signal and generate the second drive signal based at least in part on the second logic signal.

9. The system controller of claim 1 wherein:

the first logic level is a logic low level; and

the second logic level is a logic high level.

10. The system controller of claim 9 wherein:

the third logic level is the logic low level; and

the fourth logic level is the logic high level.

11. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the drive signal generator is further configured to, in response to the first output signal being at the first logic level and the second output signal changing from the first logic level to the second logic level,

change, with or without the first delay, the first drive signal from the fourth logic level to the third logic level; and

change, with or without a third delay, the second drive signal from the fourth logic level to the third logic level.

12. The system controller of claim 11 wherein the drive signal generator is further configured to, in response to the first output signal being at the first logic level and the second output signal changing from the first logic level to the second logic level,

change, with the first delay, the first drive signal from the fourth logic level to the third logic level; and

change, without the third delay, the second drive signal from the fourth logic level to the third logic level.

13. The system controller of claim 1 wherein the drive signal generator is further configured to, in response to the first output signal changing from the first logic level to the second logic level and the second output signal changing from the second logic level to the first logic level,

change, with or without the second delay, the first drive signal from the third logic level to the fourth logic level; and

change, with or without a third delay, the second drive signal from the third logic level to the fourth logic level.

14. The system controller of claim 13 wherein the drive signal generator is further configured to, in response to the first output signal changing from the first logic level to the second logic level and the second output signal changing from the second logic level to the first logic level,

change, without the second delay, the first drive signal from the third logic level to the fourth logic level; and

change, with the third delay, the second drive signal from the third logic level to the fourth logic level.

15. A method for a power converter, the method comprising:

receiving a first input signal;

generating a first output signal based at least in part on the first input signal;

receiving a compensation signal;

determining, under a continuous-conduction-mode, a second threshold based at least in part on the compensation signal;

receiving a second input signal;

generating a second output signal based at least in part on the second input signal;

receiving the first output signal and the second output signal;

generating a first drive signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal; and

generating a second drive signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal;

wherein:

the generating a first output signal based at least in part on the first input signal includes, in response to the first input signal becoming equal to or larger than a first threshold, changing the first output signal from a first logic level to a second logic level; and

the generating a second output signal based at least in part on the second input signal includes, in response to the second input signal becoming equal to or smaller than a second threshold, changing the second output signal from the first logic level to the second logic level;

wherein the generating a first drive signal based at least in part on the first output signal and the second output signal includes:

in response to the first output signal being at the first logic level and the second output signal being at the second logic level, generating, with or without a first delay, the first drive signal at a third logic level; and

in response to the first output signal being at the second logic level and the second output signal being at the first logic level, generating, with or without a second delay, the first drive signal at a fourth logic level, the fourth logic level being different from the third logic level;

wherein the determining, under a continuous-conduction-mode, a second threshold based at least in part on the compensation signal includes, under the continuous-conduction-mode,

in response to the compensation signal increasing in magnitude, increasing the second threshold in magnitude; and

in response to the compensation signal decreasing in magnitude, decreasing the second threshold in magnitude.