Switching regulator and operation control method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8599521
APP PUB NO 20090316311A1
SERIAL NO

12485330

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In a switching regulator, a low voltage malfunction prevention circuit controls operations of a PWM comparator and a output buffer circuit, such that when a power source voltage is lower than a predetermined value, a switching transistor is forcibly turned off, and when the power source voltage is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the switching transistor is turned on/off in accordance with pulse signals from the PWM comparator. Furthermore, the low voltage malfunction prevention circuit generates a second reference voltage that is lower than a first reference voltage and that rises quickly in accordance with the rise of the power source voltage. The state of the power source voltage inside an IC is detected by comparing the first reference voltage with the second reference voltage.

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RICOH ELECTRONIC DEVICES CO LTD13-1 HIMEMURO-CHO IKEDA-CITY OSAKA 563-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hara, Kiyohito Osaka, JP 4 18
Kawano, Koichi Tokyo, JP 7 157

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