Patent ID: 7362077

Claim:
A boost control module for a boost converter circuit that includes a first semiconductor switch having an ON state and an OFF state, a second semiconductor switch having an ON state and an OFF state, and at least one inductor that affects output behavior of the boost converter circuit, the boost control module comprising: a comparing circuit that communicates with the boost converter circuit and that determines whether a current through the inductor exceeds a maximum current threshold; and a switching module that, when the inductor current does not exceed the maximum current threshold, transitions the first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch between the ON state and the OFF state and maintains one of the first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch in the ON state when the other of the first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch is in the OFF state, that transitions the first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch to the OFF state when the inductor current exceeds the maximum current threshold, and that maintains the first semiconductor switch and the second semiconductor switch in the OFF state until the inductor current is one of less than and equal to a minimum current threshold.