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7071665 Method of reducing a ripple of a heavy loading pulse frequency modulated voltage regulator  
In a pulse frequency modulated (PFM) voltage regulator, a PFM switching signal is provided for converting a DC voltage source to an output voltage. The output voltage is detected. When the output...
7068020 Step-down DC—DC converter  
An N-channel MOS transistor is used to configure a DC—DC converter having good characteristics without providing a particular voltage circuit which outputs a voltage higher than an input voltage....
7064531 PWM buck regulator with LDO standby mode  
A voltage regulator is disclosed having a PWM portion and an LDO portion on a single chip. The PWM portion switches a large MOS transistor (or synchronous MOS transistors) at a high frequency to...
7064530 Voltage regulator current sensing  
A system may include a voltage regulator converter to generate a supply voltage, the voltage regulator converter comprising a high side power transistor to generate a high side alternating current...
7064533 Efficiency improved voltage converter  
A voltage converter improves the efficiency thereof by connecting a boost converter and an LDO regulator with a buck converter in parallel. The boost converter boosts up a supply voltage to...
7057380 Adaptive dead-time controller  
An adaptive dead-time controller is provided to improve a conversion efficiency of a power converter at a low/no load condition. The adaptive dead-time controller has a reference voltage generator,...
7057381 Power supply controller and method  
In one embodiment, a power supply controller is configured to amplify a feedback signal and a voltage reference signal by gains that are substantially constant over an operating frequency of the...
7049800 Switching mode voltage regulator and method thereof  
A switching mode voltage regulator comprises a pulse width modulator and an adjustable one-shot circuit to generate an adjustable signal based on an input voltage, an adjustable voltage, and a PWM...
7049799 Voltage regulator and electronic device  
A voltage regulator has a reference voltage circuit, a voltage source, an output terminal from which an output voltage is outputted in accordance with a voltage of the voltage source, and a voltage...
7049879 Power supply circuit with control of rise characteristics of output voltage  
In a power supply circuit, a main transistor, which transmits power from an input terminal to an output terminal, is controlled so that a detected voltage from an input voltage is consistent with a...
7049798 System and method for communicating with a voltage regulator  
A system and method is provided for using a point-on-load (“POL”) control unit to program and/or monitor a POL regulator. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, a power...
7046528 Load-dependent variable frequency voltage regulator  
A pulse width modulation voltage regulator comprises a pulse width modulation circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit is operable to reduce a pulse modulation frequency of the pulse...
7038436 Switching type dc-dc converter for generating a constant output voltage  
An inventive switching type dc-dc converter is adapted to set a protective reference current level lower for a decreased output voltage, and stop the switching control signal supplied to a...
7038434 Voltage regulator  
A low dropout voltage regulator comprising a series-regulating element (T 1 ) between an input (I) and an output (O) of the voltage regulator, and a differential input error amplifier ( 1 ) having...
7038435 Method for input current regulation and active-power filter with input voltage feedforward and output load feedforward  
An active-power filter includes control circuitry to combine an integrated output-voltage feedback signal, an input-voltage sense signal and an output-load feedforward signal to generate a control...
7030596 Methods and circuits for programmable automatic burst mode control using average output current  
The present invention comprises a user-programmable control circuit for use in a power converter to automatically transition the converter into BURST mode when load current demand is low. The...
7028194 Method and apparatus for activating a bleed circuit through logic in response to a back-driven voltage on a supply voltage plane  
A technique usable with a computer includes in response to the computer being in a predetermined sleep state, coupling a load to conduct current from a supply voltage plane of the computer to...
7026796 Booster circuit and method for controlling the same  
A booster circuit is equipped with booster control section that detects a power supply voltage and an actual booster voltage. The booster control section sets a target booster voltage. The booster...
7023190 ADC transfer function providing improved dynamic regulation in a switched mode power supply  
A power supply comprises at least one power switch adapted to convey power between input and output terminals of the power supply, and a digital controller adapted to control operation of the at...
7023191 Voltage regulator with adjustable output impedance  
The invention relates to a voltage regulator having an output terminal (AK) for the provision of an output voltage and connection of a load, an output capacitor ( 20 ) connected to the output...
7023188 Method of forming a multi-phase power supply controller  
In one embodiment, a power supply controller has a plurality of PWM control channels. The PWM control signals of the PWM control channels are selectively alternated among the outputs of the power...
7019501 DC/DC converter  
A DC/DC converter enabling an increase in frequency. The DC/DC converter includes a main transistor, a synchronization transistor, a control circuit, which controls the main transistor and the...
7019502 Synchronization of multiphase synthetic ripple voltage regulator  
A multiphase synthetic ripple voltage generator for a multiphase DC-DC regulator including a master clock circuit that generates a master clock signal, sequence logic and a ripple regulator for...
7019503 Active power filter with input voltage feedforward, output load feedforward, and output voltage feedforward  
Active power filters and methods control and regulate the input current drawn from an electric power bus to a DC level. Load current fluctuations and ripple current reflected back to the electric...
7012411 Switching regulator control circuit, switching regulator and switching regulator control method  
Provides a switching regulator control circuit, a switching regulator and a switching regulator control method for achieving low current consumption and quick response at normal operating time. A...
7009367 Step-up/down switching regulator control circuit and step-up/down switching regulator  
To provide a step-up/down switching regulator control circuit and the step-up/down switching regulator which are stable in a wide output voltage range from step-up to step-down. According to the...
7005834 Synchronous rectifier circuit and power supply  
In a power supply of a synchronous rectification type, the self-turn on phenomenon of MOSFET is suppressed without increase of the drive loss to thereby improve the power efficiency. In a...
7005835 Method and apparatus for load sharing in a multiphase switching power converter  
A plurality of single-phase synchronizing converter automatically synchronize on a peer-to-peer basis. Each synchronizing converter is configured as a DC-to-DC converter. The synchronizing...
7006362 DC/DC converter  
An auxiliary resonance type DC/DC converter which is compact, inexpensive and highly efficient is provided. In a step-down type DC/DC converter 15 , comprising two main switches 1 and 2 ...
7002326 Method of modulating current regulation control loop's current magnitude from a second control signal  
The present invention provides current regulation. The circuit includes a current regulation loop that includes a second control signal that is used to adjust the magnitude of the regulated...
7002324 Switching power supply control circuit and switching power supply using same  
This invention provides a switching power supply control circuit based on the parallel operation scheme that suppresses ripples in the output voltage. The control circuit comprises switching...
7002329 Voltage regulator using two operational amplifiers in current consumption  
A voltage regulator, which generates and outputs a given voltage based on a preset reference voltage, includes: a detection circuit part detecting the output voltage and generating and outputting a...
6998826 Voltage regulator  
To provide a voltage regulator that operates even when an input power source voltage and an output voltage are small, that is, even when the difference between input and output voltages is small....
6996389 Power supply for a satellite receiver  
A power supply for a satellite receiver system includes a dual input supply voltage arrangement. When a higher output voltage is selected, a source of a lower supply input voltage is coupled to an...
6995483 Synchronous buck and boost regulator power reduction circuit using high side sensing  
A synchronous DC-DC regulator, adapted to receive a high side pulsed signal and a low side pulsed signal that is substantially the inverse of the high side pulsed signal. The regulator includes an...
6984966 Switching power supply  
A switching power supply; wherein a voltage detector is provided at the output of a power supply circuit and connected to the negative input of an error amplifier to amplify the error between...
6984967 Multi-mode switching regulator  
A multi-mode switching regulator is capable of operating in a buck mode of operation, a boost mode of operation, and a buck-boost mode of operation. In the buck-boost mode of operation, the output...
6984968 Switching power supply apparatus for outputting variable voltage  
A switching power supply apparatus that includes a pulse generating unit that sets a frequency of a pulse width modulation signal using capacitance applied to a capacitance input terminal, a...
6982548 Switched mode power supply with delay-compensated current mode control  
The invention relates to a switched mode power supply with current mode control, in which an inductive element ( 7 ) is connected to a power source ( 5 ) by means of a controllable switch ( 9 )....
6979986 Switch shunt regulator and power supply arrangement using same for spacecraft applications  
A Sequential Shunt Switching Regulation cell [S 3 R] adapted to connect a power source, such as a solar array panel (SAi), to a users bus (Vbus) under control of a signal (INCTRi). The cell (S 3 R)...
6978386 Method and apparatus for regulating current for programmable logic controllers  
A method for reducing thermal dissipation in a single PLC package includes implementing a pulse width modulated current regulator including a field effect transistor (FET) switch, and utilizing a...
6977828 DC-DC converter applied to semiconductor device  
An oscillator produces a signal. A voltage generating circuit is responsive to the output signal of the oscillator to generate a second voltage different from a first voltage. A voltage detecting...
6977491 Current limiting voltage regulation circuit  
A current limiting circuit. The current limiting circuit includes a device coupled to an output node of the current limiting circuit. The device is responsive to magnitude of a signal at the output...
6972548 Pulse frequency modulated voltage regulator capable of prolonging a minimum off-time  
In a pulse frequency modulated (PFM) voltage regulator, a PFM switching controller is provided to generate a PFM switching signal for converting a DC voltage source to an output voltage. A minimum...
6969979 Multiple mode switching regulator having an automatic sensor circuit for power reduction  
A switching regulator having a control circuit that automatically senses when a low power mode should be initiated without the use of expensive external components nor an extensive amount of...
6969978 DC-DC converter with reduced electromagnetic interference  
A DC-DC converter includes a variable frequency oscillator, a control system and a power train. The DC-DC converter is well suited for use in a cell phone. The control system uses the output of the...
6967851 Apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a PFC-PWM power converter  
An apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a PFC-PWM power converter is described. The apparatus includes a control terminal used to detect a line-input voltage and to control a PFC signal...
6967471 Switching mode regular for SFP ethernet adaptor  
Switching node regulator for sfp ethernet adaptor. A method is disclosed for regulating voltage on an integrated circuit formed on a substrate to power circuitry on the substrate. An unregulated...
6965219 Method and apparatus for auto-interleaving synchronization in a multiphase switching power converter  
A plurality of single-phase synchronizing converter automatically synchronize on a peer-to-peer basis. Each synchronizing converter is configured as a DC-to-DC converter. The synchronizing...
6960903 Trouble determining apparatus for DC boosting circuit  
A trouble determining apparatus for a chopper type DC boosting circuit capable of determining whether or not a switching device is in trouble securely and quickly and when the switching circuit is...