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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Seiichi Ozawa, Saitama, JP;

Naoyuki Unno, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisuke Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/56 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H03K 3/0233 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H03K 3/02337 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract

Circuits and methods control output voltage overshoot and undershoot of an SMPC in response to a load current transient. The SMPC control stage has at least one load variation detector that compares a feedback signal with at least one transient threshold level to determine that occurrence of the load current transient. When the load current transient has occurred, the at least one load variation detector causes a switch stage to be turned on to source or sink current to or from the load circuit to compensate the load current transient. A slope detector determines a change in polarity of the slope of the load current transient. When the slope changes polarity, the slope detector sends a signal for preventing an overshoot or an undershoot of the output voltage of the SMPC once the load current transient has been compensated.


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