Voltage regulation employing a composite feedback signal

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PATENT NO 6465993
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09431024

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A switching power supply produces a regulated output voltage. An output inductor is connected at one end to a power switch circuit having a duty cycle. The other end of the output inductor has a regulated output voltage. A voltage feedback circuit produces a voltage feedback signal representative of the regulated output voltage. A current feedback circuit produces a composite signal representative of inductor current, the composite signal having an ac component and a dc component. An error amplifier produces an error signal representative of the difference between a reference voltage and the voltage feedback signal. A pulse width modulator comparator compares the error signal to a composite signal representing a summing of the voltage feedback signal with a current sensing signal representative of output inductor current, the composite signal having an ac component and a dc component. The comparator output results in a gate drive signal that controls the duty cycle of the power switch circuit to maintain the regulated output voltage.

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AS COLLATERAL AGENT60 WALL STREET NEW YORK NY 10005

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clarkin, John 569 Williams Crossing Rd., Coventry, RI 02816 3 123
Goder, Dimitry 2451 Paseo Del Oro, San Jose, CA 95124 24 566
Schuellein, George 40 Birchwood Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882 23 472

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