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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Worcester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, LLC, Worcester, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0851 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching regulator control circuit includes a circuit configured to generate a control signal to control conduction of the regulator switch in response to a reference signal that is ramped to control a rate of change of the regulated output of the regulator and the control signal is gated in response to a PWM signal.