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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Guillaume DE Cremoux, Edinburgh, GB;
Sergei Slavnov, Loanhead, GB;
Inventors:
Guillaume De Cremoux, Edinburgh, GB;
Sergei Slavnov, Loanhead, GB;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/652 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A buck converter comprising a controller arranged to monitor an output voltage of the converter, the controller comprising: a comparator arranged to compare an output voltage at an output of the buck converter with a reference voltage, and a modification circuit within the comparator or connected to a modification signal input of the comparator and arranged to produce a correction signal to modify the operation of the comparator.