Abstract:
A control apparatus for a supply device (5) of a load (2), the supply device is of switching type and is connected between a supply voltage (Vdd) and a reference voltage (GND). The apparatus comprises a sigma-delta device (10) having an input terminal at which is present a first digital signal (SDin), and being capable of providing a pulse-density modulation signal (Sdout) at the output terminal; the sigma-delta device comprises a feedback circuit (11) capable of sending to the input terminal (IN) of the sigma-delta device (10) a second digital signal (SDfb) whose value depends on the value of the output signal (SDout), and the apparatus comprises means (20) capable of digitalizing said supply voltage and of providing a further digital signal (Sg). The feedback circuit (16) comprises a terminal (Ext) capable of receiving the further digital signal (Sg), and the sigma-delta device has a gain (G) such that the output digital signal (Sdout) is proportional to the inverse of said further digital signal (Sg). ( Fig. 2 )