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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Masahiro Matsuo, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Tomonari Katoh, Osaka-fu, JP;
Masahiro Matsuo, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Tomonari Katoh, Osaka-fu, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A switching regulator includes a first switching element to perform a switching operation in accordance with a first control signal input thereto to control an output voltage based on an input voltage, a second switching element having a size smaller than the first switching element to perform a switching operation in accordance with one of the first control signal and a second control signal input thereto to control an output voltage based on the input voltage, and a control circuit to control the first and second switching elements to perform the switching operations in one of a normal operation mode and a light load operation mode in which a current consumed by a load connected to the switching regulator is smaller than a current consumed in the normal operation mode, and control the first switching element to be turned off in the light load operation mode.