Patent ID: 8368370

Claim:
A controller for use in a power supply, the controller comprising: a drive signal generator coupled to output a drive signal having a switching period and a duty ratio to control switching of a switch in response to an input signal to regulate an output of the power supply, the switch to be coupled to the controller; a jitter signal generator coupled to provide a jitter signal, wherein the switching period of the drive signal varies in response to the jitter signal; a compensator signal generator coupled to provide a compensator signal responsive to the jitter signal, wherein the compensator signal decreases the duty ratio of the drive signal: in response to the jitter signal increasing the switching period, and independent of the input signal; and an arithmetic operator coupled to adjust the input signal of the controller in response to the compensator signal to provide a compensated input signal, wherein the drive signal generator is coupled to adjust the duty ratio of the drive signal in response to the compensated input signal, wherein the jitter signal is representative of a jitter fraction δ(t) that is a percentage amount to modulate the switching period of the drive signal, and wherein the compensator signal is representative of a compensation factor substantially equal to 1+k·δ(t), where k is a real number.