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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:
Sep. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard A Brewster, West Boylston, MA (US);
Carl T Nelson, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ; H02T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323268 ; 323271 ; 323285 ; 307 24 ;
Abstract
A low-noise switching regulator and a method for driving an inductive load, employing current slew control and voltage slew control, is provided. Open and closed loop embodiments, as well as first and higher order slewing, are also provided.