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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pengju Kong, Campbell, CA (US);
Andrew Kwok-Cheung Lee, Union City, 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 3/33592 (2013.01); H02M 3/33523 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0032 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1475 (2013.01); Y02B 70/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments herein describe a switched mode power converter. In particular, the embodiments herein disclose techniques for reducing power consumption of a synchronous rectifier controller of the switched mode power converter. The switched mode power converter includes a plurality of circuit components that control operation of a synchronous rectifier included in the switched mode power converter. One or more of the circuit components may be disabled to reduce power consumption.