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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Ming-hsueh Chen, Banchiau, TW;
Ming Chu Chien, Dali, TW;
Inventors:
Ming-Hsueh Chen, Banchiau, TW;
Ming Chu Chien, Dali, TW;
Assignee:
Analog and Power Electronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/652 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a voltage mode buck converter having a pair of switches connected in series by a phase node to be switched by a pair of drive signals generated from a first control signal, a phase resistor is connected between a multifunction pin and the phase node, and a controller generates a second control signal and a third control signal from the second drive signal to sense the voltage on the multifunction pin respectively to generate an over-current signal and a CCM mode switch signal to switch the converter between a CCM mode and a DCM mode.