DRIVER CIRCUIT WITH EXTENDED OPERATION RANGE
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a driver circuit comprising switched capacitor a voltage converter having multiple operating modes;
a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said voltage converter;
wherein the controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter said undesired state corresponding to an efficiency below a threshold efficiency level; and
a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to said determination.
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Abstract
A system comprising a driver circuit wherein the driver circuit comprises a converter. The system further comprises a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said converter. The controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter. The system further comprises a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to the controller determining that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state.
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15 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a driver circuit comprising switched capacitor a voltage converter having multiple operating modes; a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said voltage converter;
wherein the controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter said undesired state corresponding to an efficiency below a threshold efficiency level; anda resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to said determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for controlling a driver circuit comprising a voltage converter, and a resistance adjustment circuit, the computer program product comprising code embodied on a computer-readable medium and being configured so as when executed on a processor to:
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control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a duty cycle of a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said voltage converter; determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter; and supply the pulse width modulated signal to the resistance adjustment circuit to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to said determination.
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