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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2008
Tuan Van Tran, Brighton, CO (US);
John Kevin Rote, Allen, TX (US);
Degang Xia, Allen, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A power regulator system is described. The system includes a switching system comprising at least one switch and an inductor, the switching system being configured to provide an output voltage based on a current through the inductor. The system also includes a switch driver configured to provide a switching signal to the switching system to control the operation of the at least one switch to provide the current through the at least one inductor. A mode controller is configured to switch the switch driver between a continuous mode of operation and a discontinuous mode of operation based on both a feedback voltage associated with the output voltage and at least one other predetermined operating condition associated with each of the continuous and discontinuous modes of operation.