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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Iwatt Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Liang Yan, Milpitas, CA (US);
John William Kesterson, Seaside, CA (US);
Xiaoyan Wang, Milpitas, CA (US);
Guang Feng, Cupertino, CA (US);
Clarita Poon, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dialog Semiconductor Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33507 (2013.01); H02M 3/33523 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments disclosed herein describe a method of a controller to maintain a substantially constant average output current at the output of a switching power converter. In one embodiment, the controller uses a regulation voltage that corresponds to the primary peak current regulation level to regulate the average output current.