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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor (Uk) Limited, Reading, GB;
Inventor:
Vincenzo Bisogno, Swindon, GB;
Assignee:
Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited, Reading, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/02 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/02 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
Buck converters with self-protection against short circuit at the buck converter outputs and intrinsic soft start-up circuitry are disclosed. The methods and circuits disclosed are applicable for PFM and PWM modulated converters. The methods disclosed are also applicable for boost converters against shorts between boosted voltage and supply voltage.