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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Applicant:
Norimasa Hane, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Norimasa Hane, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Torex Semiconductor Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A PWM/PFM control circuit has a differential time generating means for forming a differential time signal representing a differential time corresponding to a difference between the pulse width of a PWM control signal and the pulse width of a PFM control signal on condition that the pulse width of the PWM control signal is smaller than the pulse width of the PFM control signal, and the oscillation frequency of a reference signal serving as a reference for forming the PWM control signal is controlled based on the differential time signal to a low value in accordance with the differential time.