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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Salvatore G. Pastorina, Catania, IT;
Tonio Gaetano Biondi, Catania, IT;
Thurein Soe Paing, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrea Pizzutelli, Redwood City, CA (US);
Michael D. McJimsey, Danville, CA (US);
Andrew J. Burstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling a switched tank converter (STC) includes (a) driving a first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a first frequency and with a first fixed on-time, to obtain a first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC, while the STC is powering a load having a first magnitude and (b) driving the first resonant tank circuit of the STC at a second frequency and with the first fixed on-time, to obtain the first fixed ratio of output voltage of the STC to input voltage of the STC while the STC is powering a load having a second magnitude. The second frequency is smaller than the first frequency, and the second magnitude is smaller than the first magnitude.