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Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2012
Applicants:

John M. Pigott, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Byron G. Bynum, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Geoffrey W. Perkins, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

John M. Pigott, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Byron G. Bynum, Gilbert, AZ (US);

Geoffrey W. Perkins, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/1563 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1466 (2013.01);
Abstract

A DC-DC converter () includes a switching transistor (M) connecting an input power terminal (VIN) to an inductor () that is also connected to an output power terminal (VOUT), a synchronous rectification transistor (M) connected to a junction node () between the inductor () and the switching transistor (M), and a synchronous rectifier control circuit () with an integration capacitor () having a voltage that is charged and discharged by first and second current sources () to track the charging and discharging of the inductor current, thereby generating a synchronous rectifier control signal (SR) that is applied to the synchronous rectification transistor to discharge the inductor current to zero.


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