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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
May. 31, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sungmin Yoo, Seoul, KR;
Hyungmin Lee, Seoul, KR;
Woojoong Jung, Seoul, KR;
Taehwang Kong, Suwon-si, KR;
Junhyeok Yang, Seoul, KR;
Yunho Lee, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A DC-DC buck converter for generating an output voltage by stepping down an input voltage includes a converting circuit including a plurality of transistors, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and an inductor, the converting circuit being configured to form a current path that varies according to a plurality of modes and a plurality of phases; and a control circuit configured to: determine a mode of the converting circuit, from among the plurality of modes, according to a first amplitude of the input voltage and a second amplitude of the output voltage, and determine an ON/OFF state of each transistor of the plurality of transistors according to the determined mode and a phase from among the plurality of phases.