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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dattatreya Baragur Suryanarayana, Cary, NC (US);

Preetam Tadeparthy, Bangalore, IN;

Brian Carpenter, Cary, NC (US);

Rama Venkatraman, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2003/1566 (2013.01); H02M 2003/1586 (2013.01);
Abstract

A circuit and method for providing improved load transient response in a DC-DC converter. A DCM modulator is incorporated into the converter controller to generate a DCM enable signal for the driver circuits for the converter. During normal operation, the DCM enable signal will remain in a first state and the driver circuits will operate in a continuous conduction mode. However, upon a load transient, the DCM enable signal will change to a second state and the driver circuits will operate in a discontinuous conduction mode.


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