Claims
- 1. For use with a DC—DC voltage generator having a controller which generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal that switchably controls operation of a switching circuit containing first and second electronic switching devices coupled between respective power supply terminals, and having a common node thereof coupled through an inductor to a regulated voltage output terminal, a method of controlling generation of said PWM switching signal comprising the steps of:(a) coupling said common node to a first input of a transconductance amplifier and coupling said regulated voltage output terminal to a second input of said transconductance amplifier, said transconductance amplifier providing at an output thereof an inductor voltage-representative current proportional to the voltage across said inductor, and supplying said inductor voltage-representative current to a capacitor to produce a ripple waveform; (b) coupling said ripple waveform produced in step (a) to a first input of a hysteretic comparator, having an output controls the generation of said PWM switching signal, and comparing the output voltage at said output voltage terminal with a prescribed DC reference voltage to produce an error voltage, and coupling said error voltage to a second input of said hysteretic comparator.
- 2. For use with a DC—DC voltage generator having a controller which generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal that switchably controls operation of a switching circuit containing first and second electronic switching devices coupled between respective power supply terminals, and having a common node thereof coupled through an inductor to a regulated voltage output terminal, a method of controlling generation of said PWM switching signal comprising the steps of:(a) coupling an input node for said first electronic switching device to a first transconductance amplifier and coupling said regulated voltage output terminal to a second transconductance amplifier; (b) controllably coupling outputs of said first and second transconductance amplifiers to a capacitor and to a hysteretic converter to provide an inductor voltage-representative current proportional to the voltage across said inductor, and supplying said inductor voltage-representative current to said capacitor to produce a ripple waveform; (c) coupling said ripple waveform produced in step (b) to a first input of said hysteretic comparator, having an output controls the generation of said PWM switching signal, and comparing the output voltage at said output voltage terminal with a prescribed DC reference voltage to produce an error voltage, and coupling said error voltage to a second input of said hysteretic comparator.
- 3. In a DC—DC voltage generator having a controller which generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal that switchably controls operation of a switching circuit containing first and second electronic switching devices coupled between respective power supply terminals, and having a common node thereof coupled through an inductor to a regulated voltage output terminal, the improvement comprising:a first coupling circuit that is operative to couple said common node to a first input of a transconductance amplifier and to couple said regulated voltage output terminal to a second input of said transconductance amplifier, said transconductance amplifier providing at an output thereof an inductor voltage-representative current proportional to the voltage across said inductor, and supplying said inductor voltage-representative current to a capacitor to produce a ripple waveform; a second coupling circuit that is operative to couple said ripple waveform to a first input of a hysteretic comparator, having an output controls the generation of said PWM switching signal; and an error amplifier that is operative to compare the output voltage at said output voltage terminal with a prescribed DC reference voltage to produce an error voltage, and coupling said error voltage to a second input of said hysteretic comparator.
- 4. For use with a DC—DC voltage generator having a controller which generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching signal that switchably controls operation of a switching circuit containing first and second electronic switching devices coupled between respective power supply terminals, and having a common node thereof coupled through an inductor to a regulated voltage output terminal, the improvement comprising:a first coupling circuit that is operative to couple an input node for said first electronic switching device to a first transconductance amplifier and to couple said regulated voltage output terminal to a second transconductance amplifier, wherein outputs of said first and second transconductance amplifiers are coupled to a capacitor and to a hysteretic converter to provide an inductor voltage-representative current proportional to the voltage across said inductor, said inductor voltage-representative current being supplied to said capacitor to produce a ripple waveform; a second coupling circuit which is operative to couple said ripple waveform to a first input of said hysteretic comparator, having an output controls the generation of said PWM switching signal; and a comparator which is operative to compare the output voltage at said output voltage terminal with a prescribed DC reference voltage to produce an error voltage, and to couple said error voltage to a second input of said hysteretic comparator.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application claims the benefit of now abandoned Provisional Patent Application, Ser. No. 60/352,683, filed Jan. 29, 2002, entitled: “Synthetic Ripple Regulator,” by M. Walters et al, assigned to the assignee of the present application and the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.
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