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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2008
Gregory J. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
Gregory J. Smith, Tucson, AZ (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A regulator is provided. The regulator is a PWM-based switching regulator with soft-start. The regulator starts up with non-synchronously-rectified regulation. A soft-start done signal is asserted after soft-start is finished. In one embodiment, the soft-start done signal is asserted at about 150% of the soft-start time. After the soft-start done signal has been asserted, the regulator changes from non-synchronously-rectified regulation to synchronously-rectified regulation if a pre-determined period of time occurs with no zero-crossing in the inductor current. In one embodiment, the pre-determined period of time is one switching cycle. In some embodiments, the 'zero-crossing' of the inductor current is slightly different from zero, such as −0.5 A.