Switching regulator

Abstract

A switching regulator includes a switch device that is connected between an input terminal to which an input DC voltage is applied and an output terminal from which an output DC voltage is output, and that is turned on and off according to a drive signal; a hysteresis generation circuit to which the input DC voltage and the output DC voltage are applied; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage having a gradient proportional to an output current or an output voltage; and a drive signal generation circuit that generates the drive signal by comparing the output DC voltage with the reference voltage, and that, where the hysteresis generation circuit generates the output current or the output voltage that is inversely proportional to a differential voltage between the input DC voltage and the output DC voltage.

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