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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yimin Jiang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ; G05F / ; H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323259 ; 323222 ; 363 17 ; 363 56 ;
Abstract
For use with a boost converter having a boost inductor couplable to a source of electrical power, a rectifier coupled to the boost inductor and a boost switch coupled across the rectifier, the boost converter operable in discontinuous mode, a circuit for, and method of, providing a reduced output voltage from the boost converter. In one embodiment, the circuit includes an autotransformer, coupled across an output of the boost converter, having an intermediate tap that provides a reduced output voltage at the output.