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Voltage converter

US7791327B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 2008
Grant dateSep 7, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B70/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A voltage converter includes a pulse width modulation controller chip, an enabling transistor, a first resistor, a pull-up transistor, a pull-down transistor, and a low pass filter. The pulse width modulation controller chip includes a plurality of pins, a gate control logic circuit, an enabling comparator, a first gate driver, a second gate driver, a current source, a first comparator, a power-on reset circuit, an inductor current sensor, a counter and current step generator, and an oscillator. The plurality of pins include a Vcc pin, a BOOT pin, a PHASE pin, a UGATE pin, a LGATE pin, and a pin OCSET. The current source, the first resistor, the inductor current sensor, the counter and current step generator, the oscillator, and the pull-down transistor constitute a light-load circuit.

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