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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2016
Texas Instruments Deutschland Gmbh, Freising, DE;
Texas Instruments Deutschland GmbH, Freising, DE;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for operating a DC-to-DC voltage converter that has a power stage that includes at least one switching transistor. The output voltage of the DC-to-DC voltage converter is monitored. If the output voltage drops below a lower output voltage threshold, a series of drive pulses is provided to the at least one switching transistor to commence switching of the at least one switching transistor. If the output voltage rises above an upper output voltage threshold, a random number of additional drive pulses is provided to the at least one switching transistor and then the provision of drive pulses to the at least one switching transistor is ceased.