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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Keith Nelson Bassett, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Ralph Edward Anderson, Nevada City, CA (US);
Samuel H. Nork, Andover, MA (US);
Keith Nelson Bassett, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Ralph Edward Anderson, Nevada City, CA (US);
Samuel H. Nork, Andover, MA (US);
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A power supply system includes a regulator for receiving an input voltage and producing an output voltage, the regulator including an output device and a controller coupled to the regulator. The controller is configured to monitor at least one operating parameter of the output device and, in response, generate a control signal that adjusts the input voltage to a minimum input voltage needed to maintain the output device in saturation regardless of variation in the monitored operating parameter.