Abstract: A switching regulator whose switching transistor is controlled by a pulse width modulator wherein an electronic switch is provided which connects the potential carrying output terminal of the switching regulator with a control input of the pulse width modulator (PWM) as long as energy is flowing out of the smoothing capacitor at the output end of the switching regulator. This arrangement permits detection of the average value of the output voltage without the need for phase integration members.

Abstract: In a method for controlling a switching regulator composed of a controllable electronic switch and a transformer, in which the electronic switch forms a series path with the transformer primary, the series path is connected in series between a direct voltage source and a load, and the amplitude of the current flowing through the switch constitutes a criterion for controlling the load voltage, which method includes periodically causing the switch to assume one switching state at regular intervals occurring with a predetermined frequency, comparing the value of a comparison voltage corresponding to the load voltage and having a selected nominal value with a second voltage value, and causing the switch to assume its opposite switching state when a predetermined relation exists between the comparison voltage value and the second voltage value, the second voltage value is defined by the sum of the values of a constant reference voltage, a control voltage which varies as a function of the current induced in the tra