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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics America Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gwilym Francis Luff, Great Shelford, GB;
Assignee:
Renesas Electronics America Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/157 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 1/083 (2013.01); H02M 3/157 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present embodiments relate generally to power controllers, and more particularly to synthetic current hysteretic control of a buck-boost DC-DC controller. In one or more embodiments, an asynchronous controller of a buck-boost converter implements a state diagram for controlling PFM-PWM and Buck-Boost transitions with minimal circuitry and power consumption.