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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2007
Applicant:
Daniel Meyer, Woodstock, MD (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Meyer, Woodstock, MD (US);
Assignee:
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/59 (2006.01); H02M 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A voltage regulator is disclosed. The voltage regulator includes a comparator for providing a gated output signal; and a state machine for receiving the gated output signal. The voltage regulator further includes at least one switch cell controlled by the state machine, for delivering charge to a load. Accordingly, a voltage regulator in accordance with the present invention yields N times (where N is an integer greater than one) the linear efficiency over typical linear regulators without requiring any external components. Therefore improved regulator efficiency is provided for low power devices.