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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Neil Gibson, Freising, DE;
Antonio Priego, Freising, DE;
Erich Bayer, Thonhausen, DE;
Joerg Kirchner, Mauern, DE;
Michael Lueders, Freising, DE;
Stefan Herzer, Marzling, DE;
Michael Couleur, Bavaria, DE;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for a DC-DC converter includes a state machine and a plurality of drivers for controlling switches in the DC-DC converter, where each state in the state machine determines a state of the drivers, and a plurality of timers, where each state in the state machine, other than a passive state, has an associated timer for the state of the drivers.