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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Olivier Causse, Leguevin, FR;
Henrique Fernandes, Toulouse, FR;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 1/00 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0003 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0025 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0032 (2013.01); Y02B 70/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a DC-DC converter is provided comprising a single regulation loop that drives a control circuit, wherein the control circuit selects between operation in a pulse width modulation operating mode and a pulse frequency modulation operating mode, the single regulation loop including a compensation loop, and wherein biasing of the compensation loop is maintained in response to selecting between the pulse width modulation and the pulse frequency modulation operating modes.