Patent Publication Number: US-9407142-B2

Title: Method and apparatus for controlling programmable power converter

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/740,475, filed on Dec. 21, 2012, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a programmable power converter, and, more specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the programmable power converter. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Manufacturers of today&#39;s power converters for mobile devices, such as notebooks, cellular phones, and tablet computers, provide various designs to supply those mobile devices with different voltage and current characteristics. Therefore, users with multiple mobile devices are often required to carry all of power converters for providing power to each individual mobile device, which becomes a burden for the users who often carry those devices with them. Accordingly, a need for a power converter to resolve this inconvenience is a programmable capability to supply a wide range of an output voltage and an output current, such as 5V˜20V and 0.5 A˜5 A. The electrical characteristics can be selected by the users to determine which mobile device will be powered. However, programmable power converters are generally difficult to achieve good performances, e.g. high efficiency, fast loop response and good loop stability, etc. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The objective of the present invention is to solve the aforementioned problem and achieve fast loop response with good loop stability and high efficiency for programmable power converters. 
     The present invention provides a circuit for controlling a programmable power converter. The circuit comprises a micro-controller, a controller, and a timer. The controller comprises a voltage error amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, a current error amplifier, and a ramp-signal generator. The micro-controller has a program memory and a data memory. The controller generates switching signals in response to a voltage-feedback signal for regulating an output voltage of the programmable power converter. The voltage error amplifier of the controller generates the voltage-feedback signal according to a voltage reference signal and the output voltage of the programmable power converter. A gain of the voltage error amplifier and a value of the voltage reference signal are programmed by the micro-controller. The analog-to-digital converter of the controller is coupled to convert a level of an input voltage of the programmable power converter to a digital code. The micro-controller is coupled to read the digital code. The current error amplifier of the controller generates a current-feedback signal according to a current reference signal and an output current of the programmable power converter. The controller generates the switching signals according to the current feedback signal to regulate the output current of the programmable power converter. The ramp-signal generator of the controller generates ramping signals coupled to compare with the voltage feedback signal and the current feedback signal for generating the switching signals. The ramp-signal generator further generates a maximum on-time signal for determining a maximum on time of the switching signals. Slopes of the ramping signals are controlled by the micro-controller. The timer generates a frequency signal to determine a switching frequency of the switching signals. A frequency of the frequency signal is controlled by the micro-controller. 
     The present invention also provides a method for controlling a programmable power converter. The method comprises: generating switching signals in response to a voltage-feedback signal for regulating an output voltage of the programmable power converter; and generating the voltage-feedback signal by a voltage error amplifier according to a voltage reference signal and the output voltage of the programmable power converter, wherein the voltage reference signal and a frequency of the switching signals are programmed by a micro-controller, and the micro-controller includes a program memory and a data memory. The method further comprises: generating ramping signals coupled to compare with the voltage-feedback signal and a current-feedback signal for generating the switching signals, wherein slopes of the ramping signal are controlled by the micro-controller. The method also comprises: generating a maximum on-time signal coupled to determine a maximum on time of the switching signals, wherein the maximum on-time signal is controlled by the micro-controller. The method comprises: generating a light-load signal, coupled to control the switching signals for light load operation, wherein the light-load signal is controlled by the micro-controller. The method further comprises: generating a current-feedback signal by a current error amplifier according to a current reference signal and an output current of the programmable power converter, wherein the current-feedback signal is coupled to control the switching signals for regulating the output current of the programmable power converter, and the current reference signal is controlled by the micro-controller. A gain of the current error amplifier is controlled by the micro-controller. A gain of the voltage error amplifier is controlled by the micro-controller. 
     The present invention further provides a method and apparatus for controlling a programmable power converter. The method comprises: generating a switching signal in response to a voltage-feedback signal for regulating an output voltage of the programmable power converter; generating the switching signal in response to a current-feedback signal for regulating an output current of the programmable power converter; generating the voltage-feedback signal by a voltage error amplifier according to a voltage reference signal and the output voltage of the programmable power converter; generating the current-feedback signal by a current error amplifier according to a current reference signal and the output current of the programmable power converter, wherein the voltage reference signal and the current reference signal are programmed by a micro-controller, and the micro-controller includes a program memory and a data memory. The micro-controller has a communication interface to communicate with I/O (input/output) devices. 
     A detailed description is given in the following embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The invention can be more fully understood by reading the subsequent detailed description and examples with references made to the accompanying drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  shows an exemplary embodiment of a programmable power converter according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  shows an exemplary embodiment of a controller of the programmable power converter in  FIG. 1  according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  shows an exemplary embodiment of a PWM circuit of the controller in  FIG. 2  according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  shows an exemplary embodiment of an error amplifier in the PWM circuit in  FIG. 3  according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  shows an exemplary embodiment of a ramp-signal generator of the PWM circuit in  FIG. 3  according to the present invention; 
         FIG. 6 ,  FIG. 6A ,  FIG. 6B  show waveforms of a frequency signal and ramping signals according to the present invention; and 
         FIG. 7  shows an exemplary embodiment of an output driver of the PWM circuit in  FIG. 3  according to the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     The following description is of the best-contemplated mode of carrying out the invention. This description is made for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention and should not be taken in a limiting sense. The scope of the invention is best determined by reference to the appended claims. 
       FIG. 1  shows an exemplary embodiment of a programmable power converter according to the present invention. A control circuit  10  comprises an oscillator  60 , a micro-controller (MCU)  70 , a timer  65 , and a controller  50 . The controller  50  comprises an input-voltage terminal VIN, an output-voltage terminal VO, driving terminals SH and SL, a frequency-input terminal PS, a detection terminal DET, a ground terminal GND, a floating ground terminal CLN, and a bus terminal NB. The control circuit  10  generates a high-side switching signal S H  and a low-side switching signal S L  coupled to drive a high-side transistor  20  and a low-side transistor  25 , respectively, for regulating an output voltage V O  and an output current I O  of the programmable power converter. The transistors  20  and  25 , capacitors  40  and  45 , and an inductor  30  form a synchronous buck converter for generating the output voltage V O  from an input voltage V IN . A current-sense device, such as a resistor  35 , is coupled to detect the output current I O  for providing a current-sense signal V DET  to the current-sense terminal DET of the controller  50 . The current-sense signal V DET  is correlated to the value of the output current I O . The terminal CLN of the controller  50  is a floating ground terminal for the high-side transistor  20 . 
     The embedded micro-controller  70  comprises a memory circuit  75  including a program memory and a data memory. The micro-controller  70  is coupled to control the timer  65  and the controller  50  through a control bus N B . In accordance with the output voltage V O , the current-sense signal V DET , and the command of the micro-controller  70  transmitted via the control bus N B , the control circuit  50  generates the high-side switching signal S H  and the low-side switching signal S L  for generating the output voltage V O  and the output current I O . The micro-controller  70  further comprises a communication interface COMM to communicate with host and/or I/O (input/output) devices. The timer  65  is coupled to receive a clock signal CLK generated from the oscillator  60  and receive the command from micro-controller  70  via the control bus N B  for generating a frequency signal PLS. The frequency and the pulse width of the frequency signal PLS are programmable and are controlled by the micro-controller  70 . The frequency signal PLS is coupled to the frequency-input terminal PS of the controller  50  for determining the frequency of the switching signals S H  and S L . 
       FIG. 2  shows an exemplary embodiment of the controller  50  of the programmable power converter according to the present invention. The controller  50  comprises a first voltage divider, a second voltage divider, a multiplexer (MUX)  80 , digital-to-analog converters (DAC)  81 ,  82 , and  83 , an analog-to-digital converter (ADC)  85 , and a PWM (pulse width modulation) circuit  100 . The control bus N B  is coupled to control the multiplexer  80 , the digital-to-analog converters  81 ,  82 , and  83 , and the analog-to-digital converter  85 . The input voltage V IN  is coupled to generate an input-voltage signal V I  through the first voltage divider formed by resistors  91  and  92 . Thus, the input-voltage signal V I  represents the level of the input voltage V IN . The input-voltage signal V I  is coupled to the multiplexer  80 . Resistors  95  and  96  develop the second voltage divider to generate a feedback signal V FB  in accordance with the output voltage V O . Thus, the feedback signal V FB  represents the level of the output voltage V O . The feedback signal V FB  is coupled to the multiplexer  80 . The output of the multiplexer  80  is coupled to the analog-to-digital converter  85 . When the output of the multiplexer  80  is the input-voltage signal V I  representing the level of the input voltage V IN , the analog-to-digital converter  85  converts the input-voltage signal V I  to a digital code. When the output of the multiplexer  80  is the feedback signal V FB  representing the level of the output voltage V O , the analog-to-digital converter  85  converts the feedback signal V FB  to a digital code. Therefore, via the control bus N B , the micro-controller  70  can read the voltage information of the input voltage V IN  and the output voltage V O  through the digital code from the analog-to-digital converter  85 . The micro-controller  70  also controls the output of the digital-to-analog converters  81 ,  82 , and  83 . The digital-to-analog converter  81  generates a reference signal (also referred to as “voltage reference signal”) V RV  for controlling the output voltage V O . The digital-to-analog converter  82  generates a reference signal (also referred to as “current reference signal”) V RI  for controlling the output current I O . The digital-to-analog converter  83  generates a ramping current I RMP  for controlling ramping signals RMPV and RMPI (shown in  FIG. 3 ). According to the above description, the reference signal V RV , the reference signal V RI , and the ramping current I RMP  are programmed by the micro-controller  70  through the control bus N B . The micro-controller  70  controls the ramping current I RMP  in response to the level of the input voltage V IN . The ramping signals RMPV and RMPI are coupled to generate the switching signals S H  and S L . The PWM circuit  100  is coupled to the floating ground terminal CLN and generates the switching signals S H  and S L  according to the output voltage V O , the current-sense signal V DET , the frequency signal PLS, the feedback signal V FB , the reference signal V RV , the reference signal V RI , and the ramping current I RMP . 
       FIG. 3  shows an exemplary embodiment of the PWM circuit  100  according to the present invention. The PWM circuit  100  comprises resistors  115  and  117 , an operational amplifier  110 , a transistor  116 , error amplifiers  120  and  130 , capacitors  125  and  135 , comparators  128  and  138 , a ramp-signal generator  200 , an AND gate  140 , a flip-flop  145 , a signal generator  300 , and an output driver  350 . The operational amplifier  110  is applied to drive the transistor  116  and generate a current I 115  flowing through resistors  115  and  117 . Based on the virtual ground theory of the operational amplifier  110 , a voltage level V R115  generated across the resistor  115  will be regulated the same as the voltage level V R35  which is the voltage generated across the resistor  35  and will be equal to the voltage between the terminals DET and VO. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       R 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       35 
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       I 
                       O 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       R 
                       35 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   1 
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                     V 
                     
                       R 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       35 
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     V 
                     
                       R 
                       ⁢ 
                       
                           
                       
                       ⁢ 
                       115 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   2 
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                     I 
                     115 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       V 
                       
                         R 
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                         35 
                       
                     
                     
                       R 
                       115 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   3 
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                     S 
                     FB 
                   
                   = 
                   
                     
                       
                         I 
                         115 
                       
                       × 
                       
                         R 
                         117 
                       
                     
                     = 
                     
                       
                         I 
                         O 
                       
                       × 
                       
                         
                           R 
                           35 
                         
                         
                           R 
                           115 
                         
                       
                       × 
                       
                         R 
                         117 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
                   ( 
                   4 
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     According to Equations (1)-(4), a feedback signal S FB  with a voltage level generated across the resistor  117  is thus related to the output current I O . The feedback signal S FB  is supplied to the error amplifier (also referred to as “current error amplifier”)  120  to be compared with the reference signal V RI  for generating a current-feedback signal COMI at the output of the error amplifier  120 . The capacitor  125  is coupled to the output of the error amplifier  120  for frequency compensation of a current feedback loop. The gain of the error amplifier  120  is programmed by a gain-adjusting signal G AI . The feedback signal V FB  is supplied to the error amplifier (also referred to as “voltage error amplifier”)  130  to be compared with the reference signal V RV  for generating a voltage-feedback signal COMV at the output of the error amplifier  130 . The capacitor  135  is coupled to the output of the error amplifier  130  for frequency compensation of a voltage feedback loop. The gain of the error amplifier  130  is determined by another gain-adjusting signal G AV . The current-feedback signal COMI is used for regulating the output current I O . The voltage-feedback signal COMV is used for regulating the output voltage V O . The control bus N B  is coupled to the signal generator  300  for generating an enabling signal EN, a light-load signal S M , and the gain-adjusting signals G AV  and G AI  in response to the control of the micro-controller  70 . The enabling signal EN and the frequency signal PLS are coupled to generate a switching signal S W  via the flip-flop  145 . 
     The ramping current I RMP  and the frequency signal PLS are coupled to the ramp-signal generator  200  for generating the ramping signals RMPV and RMPI and a maximum on-time signal S T . The maximum on-time signal S T  determines the maximum on time of the high-side switching signal S H  and the low-side switching signal S L . The ramping signals RMPV and RMPI are synchronized with the frequency signal PLS. The slope of the ramping signals RMPV and RMPI and the period of the maximum on-time signal S T  are determined by the level of the ramping current I RMP . The ramping signal RMPV is supplied to the comparator  138  to be compared with the voltage-feedback signal COMV. The ramping signal RMPI is supplied to the comparator  128  to be compared with the current-feedback signal COMI. The output of the comparators  128  and  138  and the maximum on-time signal S T  are coupled to disable the switching signal S W  through the AND gate  140  and the flip-flop  145 . The switching signal S W  is further coupled to generate the high-side switching signal S H  and the low-side switching signal S L  through the output driver  350 . The light-load signal S M  is utilized to disable the low-side switching signal S L  for light load operation. 
       FIG. 4  shows an exemplary embodiment of an error amplifier in the PWM circuit  100  according to the present invention. The error amplifiers  120  and  130  in  FIG. 3  are embodied as shown in  FIG. 4 . The error amplifier comprises operational amplifiers  151 ,  152 ,  161 , and  162 , resistors  154 ,  155 ,  164 , and  165 , switches  156  and  166 , and transistors  153 ,  158 ,  159 ,  163 ,  168 ,  169 ,  170 , and  175 . When the feedback signal X FB  (V FB , S FB ) is lower than the reference signal V RX  (V RV , V RI ), the output of the error amplifier COMX (COMV, COMI) can be shown as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   COMX 
                   = 
                   
                     
                       Z 
                       COM 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       K 
                       M 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           V 
                           RX 
                         
                         - 
                         
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                           FB 
                         
                       
                       
                         R 
                         X 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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     When the feedback signal X FB  is higher than the reference signal V RX , the output of the error amplifier COMX can be shown as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   COMX 
                   = 
                   
                     
                       Z 
                       COM 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       K 
                       N 
                     
                     × 
                     
                       
                         
                           X 
                           FB 
                         
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                           RX 
                         
                       
                       
                         R 
                         Y 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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     If K N =K M  and R Y =R X , then the gain of the error amplifier (error amplifiers  120 ,  130 ) can be shown as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       ∂ 
                       COMX 
                     
                     
                       ∂ 
                       
                         V 
                         RX 
                       
                     
                   
                   = 
                   
                     ± 
                     
                       ( 
                       
                         
                           Z 
                           COM 
                         
                         × 
                         
                           K 
                           M 
                         
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                           1 
                           
                             R 
                             X 
                           
                         
                       
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     where Z COM  is the output impedance of the error amplifier; K M  is a constant determined by the current mirror formed by the transistors  158  and  159 ; K N  is a constant determined by the current mirror formed by the transistors  168 ,  169 ,  170 , and  175 ; R X  is the resistance of the resistor  154  or an equivalent resistance of “the resistor  154  connected with the resistor  155  in parallel” (if the switch  156  is turned on by the gain-adjusting signal G AX , for example G AV  or G AI ); R Y  is the resistance of the resistor  164  or an equivalent resistance of “the resistor  164  connected with the resistor  165  in parallel” (if the switch  166  is turned on by the gain-adjusting signal G AX ). The gain of the error amplifier can be adjusted by programming the resistance of the resistor R X . 
       FIG. 5  shows an embodiment of the ramp-signal generator  200  of the PWM circuit  100  according to the present invention. The ramp-signal generator  200  comprises transistors  211 ,  212 ,  213 ,  214 ,  215 ,  231 , and  241 , an inverter  230 , an AND gate  250 , comparators  235  and  245 , and capacitors  232  and  242 . The transistors  211 ,  212 ,  213 ,  214 , and  215  form a current mirror. The ramping current I RMP  is supplied to a drain of the transistor  211  to generate current signals I 1  and I 2  via the drains of the transistors  214  and  215 , respectively. The current signal I 1  associated with the capacitor  232  generates the ramping signal RMPV. The frequency signal PLS is coupled to discharge the capacitor  232  via the inverter  230  and the transistor  231 . Once the ramping signal RMPV is higher than a threshold V TI , the comparator  235  will enable the maximum on-time signal S T  via the AND gate  250 . The current signal I 2  associated with the capacitor  242  generates the ramping signal RMPI. The frequency signal PLS is coupled to discharge the capacitor  242  via the inverter  230  and the transistor  241 . Once the signal RMPI is higher than a threshold V T2 , the comparator  245  will enable the maximum on-time signal S T  via the AND gate  250 . The frequency signal PLS is further coupled to enable the maximum on-time signal S T  via the AND gate  250 . The slope (slew rate) of the ramping signal RMPV is determined by the current signal I 1  and the capacitance of the capacitor  232 . The slope (slew rate) of the ramping signal RMPI is determined by the current signal I 2  and the capacitance of the capacitor  242 . 
       FIG. 6 ,  FIG. 6A , and  FIG. 6B  show the waveforms of the frequency signal PLS and the ramping signal RMP (RMPV, RMPI) according to the present invention. The slew rate of a ramping signal RMP_Y is higher than that of a ramping signal RMP_X. A value V PK   _   Y  and a value V PK   _   X  represent the equivalent maximum values of the ramping signal RMP_Y and the ramping signal RMP_X respectively. Once the value of the ramping signal RMP reaches the threshold V T  (V T1 , V T2 ), the maximum on-time signal S T  will be generated to disable the switching signal S W . 
     The gain of the pulse width modulation (PWM) can be expressed as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       ∂ 
                       
                         V 
                         O 
                       
                     
                     
                       ∂ 
                       COMX 
                     
                   
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                           V 
                           O 
                         
                       
                       
                         ∂ 
                         
                           T 
                           ON 
                         
                       
                     
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                           ON 
                         
                       
                       
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     The output voltage V O  is controlled by the on time T ON  of the switching signal S W , 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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                         ON 
                       
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     The feedback signals COMX (COMV and COMI) will determine the on time T ON  of the switching signal S W , which can be expressed as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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                     × 
                     
                       
                         T 
                         ON 
                       
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     The equation (11) can be rewritten as, 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     T 
                     ON 
                   
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                     T 
                     × 
                     
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                         V 
                         PK 
                       
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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                   12 
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                       ∂ 
                       
                         T 
                         ON 
                       
                     
                     
                       ∂ 
                       COMX 
                     
                   
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                     T 
                     
                       V 
                       PK 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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     Therefore, the gain of the PWM can be shown by equation 14. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       ∂ 
                       
                         V 
                         O 
                       
                     
                     
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                       COMX 
                     
                   
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                       V 
                       IN 
                     
                     
                       V 
                       PK 
                     
                   
                 
               
               
                 
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     It is determined by the level of the input voltage V IN  and the maximum value V PK  of the ramping signal RMP (RMPV, RMPI). The maximum value V PK  of the ramping signal RMP (RMPV, RMPI) represents the slope and/or slew rate of the ramping signal RMP (RMPV, RMPI). A higher maximum value of the ramping signal RMP (RMPV, RMPI) will achieve a lower PWM gain that improves the stability of the feedback loop. 
       FIG. 7  shows an embodiment of the output driver  350  according to the present invention. The output driver  350  comprises a diode  390 , a capacitor  395 , inverters  361 ,  362 , and  363 , AND gates  351  and  352 , a high-side gate driver  370 , and a low-side gate driver  375 . The diode  390  and the capacitor  395  develop a charge pump circuit providing a power source for the high-side gate driver  370 . The AND gates  351  and  352  and the inverters  361 ,  362 , and  363  develop an exclusive-circuit coupled to receive the switching signal S W  and prevent the switching signals S H  and S L  being enabled simultaneously. The light-load signal S M  is coupled to disable the switching signal S L  through the AND gate  352  and the low-side gate driver  375 . 
     While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements (as would be apparent to those skilled in the art). Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements.