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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2013
Applicant:
St-ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Inventor:
Xavier Branca, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
ST-ERICSSON SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses drive a Single Inductor Bipolar Output Buck-Boost configured to provide both positive output voltage and a negative output voltage. The power stage is driven so that an amount of energy to be accumulated during a charging phase is controlled via the duty cycle of a first control signal, and an amount of energy to be discharged during an independent discharging phase in a buck-type or boost-type is controlled via the duty cycle of a second control signal.