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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Ryo Tanifuji, Fujisawa, JP;
Nobuyasu Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Ryo Tanifuji, Fujisawa, JP;
Nobuyasu Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A DC-DC converter according to the present invention includes a monitoring circuit which monitors an output signal of a mode comparator and which outputs a mode change detection signal when the output of the mode comparator has output a light load mode signal, and a clamp circuit which is connected between power supply and ground and which changes a voltage at a first end of a filter circuit toward a preset prescribed voltage according to the mode change detection signal.