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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milton E Wilcox, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
323282 ; 323351 ;
Abstract
A switching mode voltage regulator circuit that operates at reduced quiescent current levels is provided. The voltage regulator preferably includes a control circuit and a switching element that connects and disconnects filter circuitry from the control circuit. An error amplifier in the control circuit is placed in a micropower operating state when the regulator is in standby mode to reduce quiescent current.