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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Joan Wichard Strijker, Nijmegen, NL;
Leendert van den Broeke, Nijmegen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/08 (2006.01); H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 27/02 (2006.01); H01L 29/74 (2006.01); H01L 29/732 (2006.01); H01L 29/861 (2006.01); H01L 49/02 (2006.01); H02M 7/217 (2006.01); H01L 29/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0815 (2013.01); H01L 27/0255 (2013.01); H01L 27/0259 (2013.01); H01L 27/0262 (2013.01); H01L 27/0288 (2013.01); H01L 28/20 (2013.01); H01L 29/0638 (2013.01); H01L 29/0684 (2013.01); H01L 29/732 (2013.01); H01L 29/74 (2013.01); H01L 29/861 (2013.01); H01L 29/87 (2013.01); H02M 7/217 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a controller () for a switched mode power supply, SMPS (), comprising: a switch toggling unit () having a first switching mode and a second switching mode, wherein the first switching mode is a continuous conduction mode or a boundary conduction mode and the second conduction mode is a discontinuous conduction mode; and a switch mode selector () configured to set the switching mode of the switch toggling unit () in accordance with a current in an inductor () of the SMPS ().