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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ariel S. Bentolila, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sisan Shen, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 ;
Abstract
An efficient and practical system and method to determine when a switching DC-DC regulator is under a light load condition. The light load condition is determined by monitoring the switch node voltage to detect a zero-crossing voltage that is load dependent and occurs when the average output current minus half the switching current at the switch node is less than or equal to zero.