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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:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher David Bridge, Bedford, NH (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
A DC-to-DC converter to convert a first DC voltage to a second DC voltage includes a first switch connected to input the first DC voltage, a second switch, the first switch and the second switch being controlled by an input signal to generate the second DC voltage, the first switch and the second switch being connected to a control reference, and a control circuit to control the delay of the input signal by monitoring the control reference around an optimal delay point.