Prediction of load current and control current in a power converter using output voltage thresholds by pre-seeding target current values

A method for controlling a current in a power converter configured to generate an output voltage, the method comprising using a control loop having:

• a plurality of comparators comprising at least three comparators, each comparator having a respective reference voltage to which the output voltage is compared;
• a digital controller configured to calculate a plurality of pre-seeded control parameters for the current;
• and
• an analog state machine configured to, based on outputs of the plurality of comparators, select control parameters for controlling the current, the control parameters selected from:
• among the pre-seeded control parameters generated by the digital controller;
• control parameters for controlling the current to have a magnitude of zero;
• and
• control parameters for controlling the current to have a maximum magnitude.