Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage converter
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Application No.: US17021916Application Date: 2020-09-15
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Publication No.: US11329560B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Norimichi Onozaki
- Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto-fu
- Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto-fu
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2018-062176 20180328
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A voltage converter with which energy conversion efficiency can be improved during not only low-load conditions but also high-load conditions. A step-down DC-DC converter includes a tapped inductor and a capacitor. The inductor and the capacitor form an LC filter. The inductor and a switching element form a variable inductor having a changeable inductance value. The capacitor and a variable DC voltage source form a variable capacitor having a changeable capacitance value. A control unit changes the inductance value of the variable inductor in accordance with an input/output voltage ratio Vin/Vout between a DC input voltage and a DC output voltage. The control unit changes the capacitance value of the variable capacitor to a capacitance value with which an LC resonant frequency is maintained constant when changing the inductance value of the variable inductor.
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