US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on Nov. 25 for "Dithering for constant on time control loop" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,131, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Dithering for constant on time control loop" was invented by Giovanni Masci (Charvensod, Italy), Andrea Villot (Aosta, Italy) and Niccolo' Brambilla (San Donato Milanese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulse generator for generating the pulses setting an on-time utilized for switching a DC-DC converter includes a voltage divider having a tap at which a dithered reference voltage is produced, a voltage to current converter arrangement generating a charging current having a magnitude based upon the dithered reference voltage, a timing capac...