Patent ID: 8872497

Claim:
A switched-mode power supply, comprising: an inductor which is connected between a voltage input terminal to which a DC voltage is input and an output terminal to which a load is connected; a driver switching element which intermittently feeds a current to the inductor; and a control circuit which generates a control pulse according to a feedback voltage from an output side and which controls on/off of the driver switching element, wherein the switched-mode power supply outputs a voltage having a level different from an input voltage, wherein the control circuit comprises: a voltage comparison circuit which compares the feedback voltage to a predetermined voltage; and a pseudo ripple generator circuit which generates a pseudo ripple voltage having a predetermined amplitude, wherein the pseudo ripple generator circuit comprises: a pulse generator circuit which generates a fixed pulse that has a predetermined pulse width even when a duty ratio of the control pulse changes and that has a cycle same as that of the control pulse; and a wave form generator circuit which generates a wave form voltage of a triangle wave according to the fixed pulse generated by the pulse generator circuit, wherein the control circuit injects a ripple component in a transmission path of the feedback voltage based on the pseudo ripple voltage generated by the pseudo ripple generator circuit, and wherein the voltage comparison circuit is a comparator with four inputs including a first differential input stage and a second differential input stage, wherein the feedback voltage and the predetermined voltage are input into the first differential input stage, and the wave form voltage and a reference voltage are input into the second differential input stage.