Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods of ripple reduction in a DC/DC converter
- Patent Title (中): DC / DC转换器中纹波降低的系统和方法
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Application No.: US12849799Application Date: 2010-08-03
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Publication No.: US08269570B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Xuening Li , Hal Chen , Weidong Zhu , Wenkai Wu
- Applicant: Xuening Li , Hal Chen , Weidong Zhu , Wenkai Wu
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent William B. Kempler; Wade J. Brady, III; Frederick J. Telecky, Jr.
- Main IPC: H03K7/08
- IPC: H03K7/08 ; G05F1/62 ; G05F1/00

Abstract:
Systems and devices for ripple reduction in a DC/DC converter are presented. The disclosed systems and methods enable ripple reduction in discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) operation. In DCM, the inductor current peak to peak ripple may be reduced based on the load current. To achieve the reduction of the inductor peak to peak current ripple, a digital counter is used to count the time between consecutive PWM pulses. The digital output of the counter is used to control the pulse width modulation. As the digital output of the counter increases, the PWM on-time decreases. Since the PWM pulse is demanded by the load in DCM mode, the peak to peak inductor ripple is modulated by the counter, or, in turn, modulated by the load current.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120032748A1 Systems and Methods of Ripple Reduction in a DC/DC Converter Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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