- Patent Title: Hysteretic boost converter with inductor peak current gear-shifting
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Application No.: US16384041Application Date: 2019-04-15
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Publication No.: US11205961B2Publication Date: 2021-12-21
- Inventor: Keliu Shu
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Ray A. King; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02M1/08
- IPC: H02M1/08 ; H02M3/157 ; G01N33/00 ; G08B17/11

Abstract:
An electronic device has a DC/DC boost converter that includes a power NFET. The power NFET is coupled between a first pin, which can be coupled to a battery through an inductor, and a second pin that can be coupled to a ground plane. A switch-node is coupled to a third pin, which can be coupled to a diode to provide a boosted output voltage. A gate driver can receive a FET-on signal and drive a gate of the power NFET. A digital logic circuit provides the FET-on signal and includes an Ipeak gear-shifting circuit that dynamically changes the value of a peak inductor current responsive to one or more determinations that are related to one of the boosted output voltage and a switching frequency of the DC/DC boost converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200328679A1 HYSTERIC BOOST CONVERTER WITH INDUCTOR PEAK CURRENT GEAR-SHIFTING Public/Granted day:2020-10-15
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