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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Yasuto Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuto Watanabe, Wako, JP;
Mitsuaki Hirakawa, Wako, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2006.01); H02H 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The DC/DC converter is that which is constituted so as to have a failure detecting circuit in which a first capacitor and a second capacitor are connected in series, a plurality of switches are switched according to a predetermined operating mode to select an inductor, the first capacitor and the second capacitor, allowing them to function, thereby performing any one of the boost, buck, and conducting operations of input voltage.