Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seamless DCM-PFM transition for single pulse operation in DC-DC converters
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Application No.: US17000854Application Date: 2020-08-24
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Publication No.: US11563378B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Julian Becker , Christian Harder , Eduardas Jodka , Stefan Dietrich , Puneet Sareen
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Valerie M. Davis; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/08
- IPC: H02M1/08 ; H02M3/156 ; G05F1/46 ; H02M3/158 ; H03K5/24 ; G05F3/26 ; G01R19/165 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M1/00 ; G05F1/575

Abstract:
A converter operable to convert an input voltage at an input node to an output voltage at an output node coupled to a load by switching on and off a transistor at a switching frequency, the converter comprising: an error amplifier circuit having a first input coupled to a reference voltage, a second input coupled to the output node through a resistive divider, a first output operable to output a control current and a second output operable to output a current equivalent to the control current; a peak current comparator circuit having a first input coupled to the second output of the error amplifier circuit, a second input and an output, the second input is coupled to the input node through an inductor; an off-time timer circuit having an input coupled to the first output of the error amplifier circuit and an output, the off-time timer circuit operable to set the switching frequency based on the control current; and a control circuit having a first input coupled to the output of the peak current comparator circuit, a second input coupled to the output of the off-time timer circuit and an output coupled to a control terminal of the transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210083583A1 SEAMLESS DCM-PFM TRANSITION FOR SINGLE PULSE OPERATION IN DC-DC CONVERTERS Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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