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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Liang-pin Tai, Tainan, TW;
Jiun-chiang Chen, Houli Township, Taichung County, TW;
Inventors:
Liang-Pin Tai, Tainan, TW;
Jiun-Chiang Chen, Houli Township, Taichung County, TW;
Assignee:
Richtek Technology Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A two-step DC-to-DC converter comprises a first converter stage for converting a first voltage to a second voltage, and a second converter stage for converting the second voltage to an output voltage. The first converter stage uses a MOSFET or normally-off JFET to serve as a high-side switch, and the second converter stage comprises a multi-phase modulator using a normally-on JFET to serve as a high-side switch, thereby improving the efficiency of the two-step DC-to-DC converter.