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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Toru Miyamae, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are control apparatus, switching power supply, and control method embodiments for maintaining power conversion efficiency. An embodiment operates by determining whether or not a current of an inductor of the switching power supply has become less than or equal to a predetermined value, controlling a reference voltage based on at least one of a result of the determining or a result of comparing a voltage according to an output voltage of the switching power supply and the reference voltage, and pausing switching of the switching power supply based on the reference voltage.