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Buck-boost converter controller

US10069416B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Neil Gibson · Freising, DE
Antonio Priego · Freising, DE
Erich Bayer · Straubing, DE
Joerg Kirchner · Enghausen, DE
Michael Lueders · Yokohama, JP
Stefan Herzer · Marzling, DE
Michael Couleur · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02M1/0016
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A controller for a DC-DC converter includes a state machine and a plurality of drivers for controlling switches in the DC-DC converter, where each state in the state machine determines a state of the drivers, and a plurality of timers, where each state in the state machine, other than a passive state, has an associated timer for the state of the drivers.

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