Switching regulator and control method thereof

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PATENT NO 9584019
APP PUB NO 20150229212A1
SERIAL NO

14425517

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A switching regulator including an output switch element; a rectification switch element; an oscillation circuit; an error amplifier circuit; a slope circuit; a first voltage comparison circuit; a second voltage comparison circuit; a one pulse generation circuit; a control circuit; and a backflow detection circuit, and a control method thereof suppress variations to be stabilized with respect to a target value of the load current for switching between a PWM control and a PFM control, and ensure the switching from the PFM control to the PWM control or from the PWM control to the PFM control even if various parameters including external elements such as chips, coils, and capacitors vary.

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

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Shiwaya, Yohichi Osaka, JP 7 90

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