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US 2014/0112035 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to reduce overcurrent during the startup of a switching regulator
AssigneeMarvell World Trade Ltd.
InventorsBiing Long SHU, Jinho CHOI, Jye Sheng HONG, Ravishanker KRISHNAMOORTHY
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Abstract
A power supply apparatus includes an inductor to store and discharge energy and a circuit to charge the inductor using a plurality of charging pulses. The circuit skips a charging pulse of the plurality of charging pulses to reduce overcurrent associated with the inductor.
Claims15
A power supply apparatus, comprising:
- an inductor to store and discharge energy;
- and
- a circuit to charge the inductor using a plurality of charging pulses, wherein the circuit skips a charging pulse of the plurality of charging pulses to reduce overcurrent associated with the inductor.
A method, comprising:
- applying a plurality of charging pulses to an inductor of a power supply apparatus to charge the inductor with energy;
- and
- skipping a charging pulse to reduce overcurrent associated with the inductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.