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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Nishant Singh Thakur, Indore, IN;
Inventor:
Nishant Singh Thakur, Indore, IN;
Assignee:
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/155 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A voltage converter such as a DC-DC buck regulator includes a driver circuit that enables charge stored on the parasitic capacitance of a transistor switch to be transferred to a load capacitor. Hence, stored charge can be harvested for use by a load, thereby increasing efficiency of the regulator.