System for spreading a spectrum linked to the usage of a switching regulator used in a receiver or display of a dashboard of an automobile
View Patent ↗An arrangement of electronic components is to be used with a switching regulator, in particular is to be used in a receiver or display of an automobile dashboard. The switching regulator includes a first oscillator having a first frequency. The electronic component arrangement is provided so as to be connected to a voltage source, the voltage source supplying a periodical voltage having a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency. The electronic component arrangement includes a first resistor, a first capacitor, a second resistor, a second capacitor, a third resistor, and at least a third capacitor.
1. A system for use with a receiver or display in a vehicle, comprising:
a switching regulator comprising a first oscillator having a first frequency; and
a circuit comprising:
a voltage source supplying a periodic voltage having a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is lower than the first frequency; and
electronic components designed to be linked to the voltage source,
wherein the electronic components comprises a first resistor, a first capacitor, a second resistor, a second capacitor, a third resistor, a third capacitor, and at least a fourth capacitor in parallel with the third capacitor, wherein the third and the fourth capacitors produce an equivalent capacitor, wherein the equivalent capacitor is utilized to provide control of the first frequency of the oscillator;
wherein the first frequency causes emission of electromagnetic waves, wherein the second frequency causes fluctuations in the first frequency, of the oscillator, wherein the fluctuations of the first frequency cause spectral spreading of the electromagnetic waves, reducing the maximum amplitude of any interference or coupling due to the electromagnetic waves.
2. The arrangement of electronic components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the periodic voltage of the voltage source is supplied:
by a microprocessor and/or
by a programmable circuit (FPGA, field programmable gate array) and/or by a logic circuit.
3. The arrangement of electronic components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first frequency is between 100 kHz and 1 MHz.
4. The arrangement of electronic components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second frequency is between 50 Hz and 10 kHz.
5. The arrangement of electronic components as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the periodic voltage is a periodic voltage having a duty cycle of between 20% and 80%.