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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Faruk J. Nome, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeff Lee Nilles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Faruk J. Nome, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jeff Lee Nilles, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An error amplifier for closed loop operation is provided. The error amplifier has a track input and a feedback input. During soft-start, a voltage offset is added to the error amplifier input. In one embodiment, the voltage offset is gradually removed during the soft-start.