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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Kenji Tomiyoshi, Chiba, JP;
Rei Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Tomiyoshi, Chiba, JP;
Rei Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/24 (2006.01); H02M 7/5387 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An H-bridge buck-boost converter includes a first half-bridge portion having at least one first transistor, an inductor portion connected to the first half-bridge portion at a first connection, a second half-bride portion connected to the inductor portion at a second connection, the second half-bridge portion having at least one second transistor, and a control portion configured to provide a first switching signal to a gate of the first transistor of the first half-bridge portion as a function of a voltage at the first connection.