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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Applicants:
Michael Couleur, Munich, DE;
Neil Gibson, Freising, DE;
Christophe Vaucourt, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/59 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device for switched DC-DC conversion of an input voltage level into an output voltage level, comprising a first power switch and a second power switch, being connected in parallel and having a different gate width, and a driving stage that is configured to selectively drive the first power switch and/or second power switch depending on a load current output.