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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Bernhard Wicht, Munich, DE;
Sumeet P. Kulkarni, Munich, DE;
Stefan Herzer, Illmenau, DE;
Jochen Neidhardt, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Bernhard Wicht, Munich, DE;
Sumeet P. Kulkarni, Munich, DE;
Stefan Herzer, Illmenau, DE;
Jochen Neidhardt, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device for switched mode DC-DC conversion is provided that includes a stage for sensing an output current causing a voltage difference between a first and a second node. The current sensing stage includes a comparator being capacitively coupled with a first input to the first node and with a second input to the second node for determining a magnitude of the output current.