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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited, London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and circuits enable measuring output current in DC/DC converters operating in pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode and in pulse width modulation (PWM) mode. The method is applicable to DC/DC converters using an inductor at the output. Current is sampled on one pass transistor only. The DC/DC converter disclosed turns a PMOS transistor off when the output current reaches its current limit.