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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Toshimasa Namekawa, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Miyashita, Kawasaki, JP;
Jun Deguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A DC-DC converter has a switching element, a lowpass filter, an oscillator, an AD converter, an error signal generator, a counter, a comparator, a selector configured to select one of the plurality of clock signals in accordance with a value of a lower side bit of the error signal in sync with a timing when the comparator detects coincidence, and a switching controller configured to control ON/OFF of the switching element in accordance with the clock signal selected by the selector. The selector selects one among the plurality of clock signals and a new clock signal generated by combining two or more clock signals comprising neighboring phases among the plurality of clock signals.