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DC-DC converter and portable device

US9083240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2012
Grant dateJul 14, 2015
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Expiry dateSep 12, 2033

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

Abstract

A DC-DC converter includes: a step-up-or-step-down circuit including a choke coil and step-down and step-up transistor pairs; and a control circuit to control the transistor pairs based on an output voltage, wherein the control circuit includes: a differential triangular wave generation circuit to generate a positive-phase triangular wave signal and a negative-phase triangular wave signal; a switch to select the positive-phase triangular wave signal or the negative-phase triangular wave signal in response to a switching signal; an error detector to output an error signal; a PWM comparator to compare the positive-phase triangular wave signal or the negative-phase triangular wave signal with the error signal to generate a control pulse signal; a switching comparator to compare the error signal with reference potential and generate the switching signal; and a driver control circuit to generate a control signal for the transistor pairs based on the control pulse signal and the switching signal.

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