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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Hrinya, San Jose, CA (US);
Di Zhao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching power converter circuit may include output voltage overshoot mitigation circuitry that can modify operation of the converter responsive to an overvoltage condition by switching from a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode to a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode. A clamp may be provided to clamp a control voltage or a compensating capacitor voltage of the main output voltage control loop (e.g., a PWM control loop) to a control voltage of the PFM loop. An output pull down circuit may be provided to temporarily apply a load to the converter output.