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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Hidenori Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hidenori Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Dialog Semiconductor GmbH, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1582 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a buck-boost converter with an improved efficiency are disclosed. The buck-boost converter disclosed operates in 5 different modes, namely in buck mode, half frequency buck mode, half frequency buck-boost mode, half frequency boost mode, and in boost mode. In half frequency buck mode, buck-boost mode, and in half frequency boost mode the switching frequency is halved compared to the switching frequency of buck or boost mode. A simple circuit implementation by adding two offset voltages in ramp signals or PWM comparators enables to halve the switching frequency if required.