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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy A Phillips, Cranston, RI (US);
Assignee:
Cherry Semiconductor Corporation, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323277 ; 323274 ; 323280 ; 323303 ;
Abstract
A regulator includes a driver stage having an output port for providing an output voltage, a predriver coupled to the driver to control the output voltage provided by the driver stage, a comparator to compare the driver output voltage to a reference voltage, and a feedback element coupled between the driver output port and the comparator. The driver may include a high side transistor having a collector coupled to a collector of a low side transistor, and a current sensing transistor having a base coupled to a base of the low side transistor.