Patent ID: 7839132
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H02M

Abstract:
1. Power converter for providing power to an input terminal of a load, the power converter comprising: a current path that includes an inductor having an input for receiving energy from a power supply and a capacitor circuit for outputting power to the input terminal of the load; an additional current path, beginning at an output of the inductor and including a circuit element configured to control the additional current path, said additional current path formed to have current flowing through said additional current path basically immediately reach a desired value, when said additional current path is enabled by the circuit element; a first switch coupled between the power supply and the inductor, the first switch configured to provide the energy from the power supply to the inductor; and a feedback circuit configured to control and enable the additional current path, in response to a level of a voltage used for outputting the power reaching a first threshold, to draw current from the input terminal of the load.