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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1991
Eddie L Willocx, Willebroek, BE;
Elve D Moons, Lummen, BE;
Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
The switching converter (SPC) mainly includes a duty cycle controller (DCC) whose output controls a switch (T1) for transferring energy from an input (VIN) to an output (VOUT). The duty cycle controller (DCC) includes a sawtooth generator (ST) and a pulse generator (NL) whose output signals (STO, NLO) are OR-ed and then compared with an error voltage (VE), derived from the difference between the output voltage (VOUT) and a reference voltage (VREF1), so as to produce an output signal of which the duty cycle varies linearly from a predetermined non-zero value onwards, thus ensuring that during each cycle the switch (T1) is activated for at least a minimum duration.