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US 2013/0076301 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for a switching power converter
AssigneeIntegrated Device Technology, Inc.
InventorSiamak Bastami
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AssigneeIntegrated Device Technology, Inc.
InventorSiamak Bastami
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A charging converter includes a plurality of switches configured to switchably operate to either step up an input voltage or step down the input voltage and generate a charging voltage on a second terminal to charge to a rechargeable storage unit, and control logic configured to operate the plurality of switches in one of a step up mode and a step down mode based on a determination of a voltage level of the input voltage relative to the desired charging voltage. A method includes determining a desired charging voltage to charge a rechargeable storage unit, switchably controlling a charging converter to step up the input voltage if an input voltage is lower than the desired charging voltage to generate a charging voltage, and switchably controlling the charging converter to step down the input voltage if the input voltage is higher than the desired charging voltage to generate the charging voltage.
A charging converter, comprising:
An electronic device, comprising:
A method for charging a rechargeable storage unit of an electronic device, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.