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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2013
Lsis Co., Ltd., Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Se Hyung Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Bum Su Jun, Cheonan-si, KR;
Ung Hoe Kim, Incheon, KR;
Hyoung Taek Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Young Min Kim, Seoul, KR;
LSIS CO., LTD., Anyang-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for controlling a direct-current (DC)-DC converter used in a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a switching control unit checking a difference between voltages of an input unit and an output unit and controlling an operation of at least one switch formed in a converter according to an operation mode of the converter according to the difference of voltages; and the converter controlling the operation of the at least one switch based on a control signal applied from the switching control unit to allow a current to flow from the input unit to the output unit.