Techniques are disclosed to regulate an output of a power converter. One
example power converter includes an energy transfer element coupled
between an input and an output of the power converter. A switch included
in the power converter is coupled to the input of the energy transfer
element. The power converter also includes a controller circuit coupled
to the switch. The controller circuit is also coupled to receive a
feedback signal representative of the output of the power converter and
coupled to receive a signal representative of the power converter input
voltage. The controller circuit is coupled to control switching of the
switch to provide a regulated output parameter at the output of the power
converter in response to the feedback signal. The controller circuit is
coupled to latch the power converter into an off state in response to a
detection of a loss of regulation of a power converter output parameter
if the power converter input voltage is above a threshold level. The
controller circuit is also unresponsive to the signal representative of
the power converter input voltage while the power converter output
parameter is in regulation.