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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Gregory Manlove, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Yi Ding Gu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jian Li, San Jose, CA (US);
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A switching regulator circuit incorporates an offset circuit, connected in a control loop of the regulator circuit, that, in response to a signal indicating an imminent load current step, adjusts a duty cycle of a power switch for the current step prior to the regulator circuit responding to a change in output voltage due to the current step. In one embodiment, a load controller issues a digital signal shortly before a load current step. The digital signal is decoded and converted to an analog offset signal in a feedback control loop of the regulator to immediately adjust a duty cycle of the switch irrespective of the output voltage level. By proper timing of the offset, output voltage ripple is greatly reduced. The current offset may also be used to rapidly change the output voltage in response to an external signal requesting a voltage step.