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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor Gmbh, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;
Inventors:
Guillaume de Cremoux, Edinburgh, GB;
Nicolas Borfigat, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/157 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/157 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0012 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0032 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0048 (2013.01); Y02B 70/1466 (2013.01); Y02B 70/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for a buck converter and regulation loop with pulse skipping modulation (PSM) and auto-transition to pulse frequency modulation (PFM) comprising of a peak current loop configured to provide a method of generating a constant minimal inductor peak current, a system configured to provide a method of skipping pulses utilizing a pulse skipping modulation (PSM) mode of operation, and, the peak current loop configured to provide a method of auto-transition from the pulse skipping modulation (PSM) to a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode of operation.