Abstract: A control device for a switching voltage regulator having a switching circuit receives a set of measurement signals including a first measurement signal indicative of an output voltage of the switching voltage regulator. A burst-mode controller is configured to monitor the output voltage with respect to a first threshold and a second threshold higher than the first threshold, and to provide, in response, a burst signal. A driving-signal generation stage is configured to provide at least one switching control signal for the switching circuit based on the burst signal and the set of measurement signals. The driving-signal generation stage has a feedback module configured to provide a control signal based on the burst signal and an error signal indicative of a difference between the first measurement signal and a reference signal.

Abstract: A control unit for controlling a converter with PFM-regulated switching operation is configured to generate a square wave control signal to control switching of at least one switch element of the converter, having a switching period where a first time interval and a second time interval are defined, associated with a respective value of the control signal, wherein the control unit determines a constant duration of the first time interval and also a minimum duration of the second time interval so as to determine a maximum operating frequency of the converter. The control unit implements a detection stage for detecting an anomalous current event, as a function of a count of a predetermined number of temporally successive periods of the control signal during which the converter operates with the minimum duration for the second time interval and, consequently, with the maximum operating frequency.

Abstract: A buck regulator circuit comprises a half bridge comprising high and low side switches driven by a PWM signal, a pair of drivers coupled to a given switch among the high and low side switches to supply selectively first and second driving currents, enabling selectively the first and/or second driving current to supply a current switching on the given switch, an ON current value passing through the given switch at a switch-on depending on which of the first and/or second driving current is enabled, and a timing circuit configured, during the switch-on of the switch, to enable the first and/or second driving current so that in the given switch passes a first value the ON current, then, after a delay time, enabling the first and/or second driving current so that in the given switch passes a second value of the ON current greater than the first value.

Abstract: Provided is a control device is for a switching voltage regulator having a switching circuit. The control device receives input and output voltages of the switching circuit and a measurement signal indicative of a current of the switching circuit. The control device has: a feedback module that detects an error signal indicative of a difference between the output voltage and a nominal voltage, and provides a control signal as a function of the error signal; a threshold-correction module that provides offset and ramp signals; and a driving-signal generation module coupled to the feedback and threshold-correction modules, which receives the measurement signal, compares the measurement signal with a threshold and, in response, provides a modulated signal for driving the switching circuit. The threshold is a function of the control, offset and ramp signals. The threshold-correction module provides the offset signal as a function of the input or output voltages.

Abstract: A control device for a switching voltage regulator includes: a first detector of a first measurement signal indicative of a current flowing in a first side of the regulator, and providing a first comparison signal as a function of a first threshold; a second detector of a second measurement signal indicative of a current flowing in a second side of the regulator, and providing a second comparison signal as a function of a second threshold; a driving-signal generation circuit which generates a switching control signal from the first comparison signal to drive the switching circuit; a calibration circuit which receives an alert signal indicative of the first threshold, compares the alert signal and the second comparison signal, and provides a calibration signal in response; and a feedback circuit which provides a control signal as a function of an error signal and of the calibration signal.

Abstract: A controller for an electronic circuit that includes a first and a second switch is provided. The controller includes an event detector stage that receives logic electrical signals and a pulse generator circuit, which is coupled to the event detector stage and generates a dead time signal based on edges of the logic electrical signals detected by the event detector stage. The dead time signal includes pulses delimited by an edge of a first type and by a subsequent edge of a second type. A combinatorial sampling circuit generates a first and a second sampled preliminary signal. An update stage updates the values of the first and the second control signals at each pulse of the dead time signal based on the first and the second sampled preliminary signals, subsequently to the edge of the first type or the second type of the pulse of the dead time signal.

Abstract: A control module is used to control a switching buck-boost converter that includes an inductor, a capacitor, a first top switch and a second top switch, a first bottom switch and a second bottom switch and a diode coupled to the second top switch. The control module controls the switching buck-boost converter so as to alternate: first time periods, in which the second top switch is open and cycles of charge and discharge of the inductor are carried out, during which the inductor is traversed by a current that also passes through the diode and charges the capacitor; and second time periods, in which the first and second top switches are open and the first and second bottom switches are closed so that the current in the inductor recirculates, and the capacitor is discharged by a current that flows in the load.

Abstract: Provided is a control device is for a switching voltage regulator having a switching circuit. The control device receives input and output voltages of the switching circuit and a measurement signal indicative of a current of the switching circuit. The control device has: a feedback module that detects an error signal indicative of a difference between the output voltage and a nominal voltage, and provides a control signal as a function of the error signal; a threshold-correction module that provides offset and ramp signals; and a driving-signal generation module coupled to the feedback and threshold-correction modules, which receives the measurement signal, compares the measurement signal with a threshold and, in response, provides a modulated signal for driving the switching circuit. The threshold is a function of the control, offset and ramp signals. The threshold-correction module provides the offset signal as a function of the input or output voltages.

Abstract: A controller for an electronic circuit that includes a first and a second switch is provided. The controller includes an event detector stage that receives logic electrical signals and a pulse generator circuit, which is coupled to the event detector stage and generates a dead time signal based on edges of the logic electrical signals detected by the event detector stage. The dead time signal includes pulses delimited by an edge of a first type and by a subsequent edge of a second type. A combinatorial sampling circuit generates a first and a second sampled preliminary signal. An update stage updates the values of the first and the second control signals at each pulse of the dead time signal based on the first and the second sampled preliminary signals, subsequently to the edge of the first type or the second type of the pulse of the dead time signal.

Abstract: A control module is used to control a switching buck-boost converter that includes an inductor, a capacitor, a first top switch and a second top switch, a first bottom switch and a second bottom switch and a diode coupled to the second top switch. The control module controls the switching buck-boost converter so as to alternate: first time periods, in which the second top switch is open and cycles of charge and discharge of the inductor are carried out, during which the inductor is traversed by a current that also passes through the diode and charges the capacitor; and second time periods, in which the first and second top switches are open and the first and second bottom switches are closed so that the current in the inductor recirculates, and the capacitor is discharged by a current that flows in the load.

Abstract: The control device for a regulator with a switching circuit. The device includes an oscillator that provides a clock signal having a switching period; a circuit that provides a comparison signal indicative of a comparison between an input voltage and an output voltage; and a circuit that generates a signal to drive the switches of the switching circuit as a function of an error between the output voltage and a nominal voltage. The device controls, within the switching period, a first phase having a current path between the input and output node through the inductive element; a second phase having a current path between the input and common node through the inductive element; and a third phase having a current path between the output and common node through the inductive element. The sequence of the first, second, and third phases is a function of the comparison signal.

Abstract: Control device for a switching voltage regulator. A control loop circuit generates a control signal indicative of the difference between the output voltage of a switching circuit and a nominal voltage. A drive signal generator is coupled to the control loop circuit and receives a measurement signal indicative of the current flowing in the switching circuit. The drive signal generator also receives a reference signal correlated to the control signal and generates pulse-width modulated switching signals for the switching circuit to maintain the output voltage at a regulated value. The drive signal generator compares the measurement signal with the reference signal at the peaks of the measurement signal in the first measurement mode and at the valleys of the measurement signal in the second. An offset generator generates an offset signal which is added to the control signal at a transition between the first and the second measurement modes.

Abstract: In an embodiment a control device includes a first input configured to receive a measurement signal representative of an output voltage of a switching circuit of a voltage regulator, a state determination block coupled to the first input and configured to generate a signal of actual operating condition of the voltage regulator and a driving signals generation module configured to generate at least one switching command signal for the switching circuit from an error signal representative of a difference between the output voltage and a nominal voltage, wherein the driving signals generation module includes an error-compensation circuit having a transfer function and configured to generate a control signal from the error signal and the actual operating condition signal, the control signal being a function of the actual operating condition.

Abstract: A circuit for decoding a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal generates an output signal switching between a first and second logic values as a function of a duty-cycle of the PWM signal. Current generating circuitry receives the PWM signal and injects a current to and sinks a current from an intermediate node as a function of the values of the PWM signal. A capacitor coupled to the intermediate node is alternatively charged and discharged by the injected and sunk currents, respectively, to generate a voltage. A comparator circuit coupled to the intermediate node compares the generated voltage to a comparison voltage and drives the logic values of the output signal as a function of the comparison.

Abstract: A control device for a switching voltage regulator of the buck-boost type having a switching circuit. The control device is configured to perform a current-control of the switching circuit and is formed by a filter and a loop control circuit. The filter is configured to be coupled to a resistive element of the switching circuit and to provide a filtered signal starting from a measurement signal indicative of a current flowing through the resistive element. The loop control circuit is configured to generate one or more switching control signals to drive the switching circuit, as a function of the filtered signal. The filter is configured to receive a filter control signal indicative of an actual operating mode of the switching voltage regulator. The filter is variable as a function of the filter control signal.

Abstract: A circuit for decoding a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal generates an output signal switching between a first and second logic values as a function of a duty-cycle of the PWM signal. Current generating circuitry receives the PWM signal and injects a current to and sinks a current from an intermediate node as a function of the values of the PWM signal. A capacitor coupled to the intermediate node is alternatively charged and discharged by the injected and sunk currents, respectively, to generate a voltage. A comparator circuit coupled to the intermediate node compares the generated voltage to a comparison voltage and drives the logic values of the output signal as a function of the comparison.

Abstract: A controller for an electronic circuit that includes a first and a second switch is provided. The controller includes an event detector stage that receives logic electrical signals and a pulse generator circuit, which is coupled to the event detector stage and generates a dead time signal based on edges of the logic electrical signals detected by the event detector stage. The dead time signal includes pulses delimited by an edge of a first type and by a subsequent edge of a second type. A combinatorial sampling circuit generates a first and a second sampled preliminary signal. An update stage updates the values of the first and the second control signals at each pulse of the dead time signal based on the first and the second sampled preliminary signals, subsequently to the edge of the first type or the second type of the pulse of the dead time signal.

Abstract: A control device for a switching voltage regulator having a switching circuit receives a set of measurement signals including a first measurement signal indicative of an output voltage of the switching voltage regulator. A burst-mode controller is configured to monitor the output voltage with respect to a first threshold and a second threshold higher than the first threshold, and to provide, in response, a burst signal. A driving-signal generation stage is configured to provide at least one switching control signal for the switching circuit based on the burst signal and the set of measurement signals. The driving-signal generation stage has a feedback module configured to provide a control signal based on the burst signal and an error signal indicative of a difference between the first measurement signal and a reference signal.

Abstract: Provided is a control device is for a switching voltage regulator having a switching circuit. The control device receives input and output voltages of the switching circuit and a measurement signal indicative of a current of the switching circuit. The control device has: a feedback module that detects an error signal indicative of a difference between the output voltage and a nominal voltage, and provides a control signal as a function of the error signal; a threshold-correction module that provides offset and ramp signals; and a driving-signal generation module coupled to the feedback and threshold-correction modules, which receives the measurement signal, compares the measurement signal with a threshold and, in response, provides a modulated signal for driving the switching circuit. The threshold is a function of the control, offset and ramp signals. The threshold-correction module provides the offset signal as a function of the input or output voltages.

Abstract: A control device for a switching voltage regulator includes: a first detector of a first measurement signal indicative of a current flowing in a first side of the regulator, and providing a first comparison signal as a function of a first threshold; a second detector of a second measurement signal indicative of a current flowing in a second side of the regulator, and providing a second comparison signal as a function of a second threshold; a driving-signal generation circuit which generates a switching control signal from the first comparison signal to drive the switching circuit; a calibration circuit which receives an alert signal indicative of the first threshold, compares the alert signal and the second comparison signal, and provides a calibration signal in response; and a feedback circuit which provides a control signal as a function of an error signal and of the calibration signal.