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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jiwei Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/38 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 1/38 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A boost regulator that selectively operates in an asynchronous mode, a synchronous mode, or an adaptive mode. In the adaptive mode, the boost mode regulator controls a high side switch according to an adaptive dead time. Adaptive mode allows the boost regulator to operate more efficiently than in asynchronous mode.