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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2005
Alessandro Zafarana, Milan, IT;
Dario Zambotti, Vimodrone, IT;
Stefano Saggini, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Alessandro Zafarana, Milan, IT;
Dario Zambotti, Vimodrone, IT;
Stefano Saggini, San Donato Milanese, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A method regulates the time constant matching of a DC/DC converter phase, further to a variation of a load applied to an output of said phase. Such phase being associated with a coil network, with a series RL circuit and a reading network, with a series RC circuit connected in parallel to the coil network. The method includes an acquisition step, suitable to acquire the trend of a voltage detected across the capacitance Cof the reading network, transforming it into a current trend, a detection step suitable to identify a variation above a certain threshold value of said current trend, an identification step, enabled by said detection step, suitable to determine a slope of said current trend and a regulation step suitable to adapt the value of said resistance Rbased on said slope determined by said identification step.