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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Stefan Wiegele, Graz, AT;
Thomas Jessenig, Graz, AT;
Peter Trattler, Graz, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ams AG, Unterpremstätten, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a DC converter has a frequency adjusting device with a frequency selection circuit, a frequency change-over switch (), a frequency generator (), a threshold signal generator (), a state machine () and a unit () for providing a ready signal (S). The frequency selection circuit has an output (), at which a control signal (S) is provided, which is set up to select a frequency of the switching frequency signal (DCLK) of the DC converter. The invention further relates to a method for selecting a frequency of the DC converter.