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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Christian Stoeger, Vienna, AT;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for controlling the hysteresis of an output current from a DC-DC converter () to a default value () for an average output current and within a hysteresis range (), wherein the output current () is measured and is compared with a first reference value and a second reference value, wherein a switch () of the DC-DC converter () is changed over at the limits of the hysteresis range () on the basis of a first reference time (), at which the output current () reaches the first reference value, and a second reference time (), at which the output current reaches the second reference value, wherein the switch () is changed over with a time delay after the second reference time (), and wherein the time delay is selected on the basis of a time difference between the first reference time () and the second reference time () in such a manner that a period of time, during which the output current () is higher than the default value (), and a period of time, during which the output current () is lower than the default value (), are compensated for.