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Buck-boost converter

US7268525B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 2006
Grant dateSep 11, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M3/1582
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A buck-boost converter includes: a buck converter section including a first switch, a first rectifier, and an inductor; a boost converter section sharing the inductor and including a second switch, a second rectifier, and a smoothing circuit; and a control circuit for generating and outputting a first driving signal for opening and closing the first switch and a second driving signal for opening and closing the second switch. The control circuit includes: an error amplifier circuit for amplifying an error between an output value from the smoothing circuit and a predetermined voltage value to thereby generate and output an error signal; an oscillator circuit for generating and outputting a triangular wave signal having a predetermined cycle; a compensatory signal generation circuit for generating and outputting a compensatory signal, which oscillates in a cycle that is at least twice the cycle of the triangular wave signal; a control signal generation circuit for adding together the error signal and the compensatory signal to thereby generate and output a control signal; and a comparator circuit for comparing the triangular wave signal with the control signal to generate and output …

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