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can a couple eat on 100.00 a day in Italy
If you mean euros, then yes. Or I should say any couple I know could but I don't know you or your appetites.
Dollars or Euro. Of course! That all depends on how you stretch your budget and where you eat. If Rachel Ray can afford $40 a day, I'm sure you can easily do $100 a day.
How much to spend per day is an individual thing. If you get breakfast with your hotel included, then get sandwiches/picnic, that should leave enough money for a moderate dinner (pizza, maybe pasta dishes etc...) With that said, for me, part of the vacation experience in Italy is enjoying the food. I would rather spend less on a hotel, and enjoy the food. I personally budget much more than that per day for food... but as i said, it is a personal thing. Glenn
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Exactly. You guys are right. The radeon is extremely fast. The nv30 will be extremely fast. But it seems to me that it will be a wiser choice to wait for the nv30, unless, you have lots of money and then you just get yourself a r300 and then the nv30. But i really think that the nv30 will be faster, But you know who cares if its 5 percent or 10 percent faster. GAmes wont use that speed for a long time. I really dont think someone with a geforce4 ti should be in a hurry to get a radeon 9700 though, unless you unnesesarily want to play a ut2k3 at 1600 and at 4x aa ect ect and all at 100 fps +.
Frankly San- if you want (i say want, because no one really needs this, do they?
) a next generation card like the R9700, it's pointless to wait 4 months or so to compare it with the NV30. If the NV30 was just around the corner- sure- wait it out- but we're talking X-mas at the SOONEST, with many people thinking it won't be available until 2003.
And what are you waitinf for? Even according to the Nvidia PR dept, the R9700 already is delivering everything the NV30 has promised. Remember the NV30 was meant to compete w/ the R9700, they were in development at the same time. One compnay went w/ the .15 micron process, and the other wanted the advantages of .13 micron. But w/ the .13 micron choice came delay after delay. This card was originally planned for a fall release. Don't expect too much from the NV30, it is just too late in the game for Nvidia to make it much better than they originally anticipated. If you really want a next generation card, and don't want the R9700, and don't mind waiting, a much safer bet would be the NV35. Nvidia is going to lay it all on the table with that one. Have no doubts, the NV35 will mean business...
But they are just rushing the NV30 too quickly at this point.
None of this applies if you're not in the market for a top of the line card, just felt like putting in my .0000002
As far as what to expect from the NV30:
In Quake III Arena in 1280x1024 with 4x FSAA enabled, NV30 is going to be 2.5 times faster than the GeForce4 Ti4600.
In The Next Doom the board based on NV30 will be able to show 3.5 times or or even more of the performance the current Nvidia`s flagman has to offer us there.
NV30 will score three times more than the GeForce4 Ti4600 in 3D Mark 2001.
Effective HQ Pixel Fillrate (2x anisotropic filtering enabled) of the newcomer with will be about 2.7 times more than that of the fastest NV25.
As for pixel-shading speed, it will be 4 times of the NV25.
Nvidia claims that its upcoming GPU is capable of processing 200 millions triangles per second.
Of course, all this does is bring it up to the level of the R9700. Even giving Nvidia the benifet of the doubt, lets say the NV30 will be 10% faster. Is that worth waiting 4 months for? And you'll be waiting for rushed hardeware, and rushed drivers? As opposed to the mature drivers on the R9700, which from the reviews are quite impressive already?
Of course, like I said, it doesn't really matter if you're not in the market for a high end card. It's just that so rairly does high end hardeware justify the price, and the R9700 actually seems close to doing that
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Jenny and tenor Lynnette Brown, lead Ilona Pease-Verwer and baritone Barb Knopp perform songs such as "It had to be You," "When I Fall in Love," "Almost Like Being in Love, "Someone to Watch Over Me, "That's What Friends Are For" and "Love Potion No. 9," and songs by request.
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This 2-day PSI Certificate of Completion Course, taught by experienced and engaging faculty, is a thorough and evidence-based curriculum designed for nurse, physicians, social workers, mental health providers, childbirth professionals, social support providers or anyone interested in learning skills and knowledge for assessment and treatment of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Registration includes training binder, handouts, continental breakfast and lunch.
This conference has been approved for ExCEL nurses at Baptist Health.
8:00 am Registration and breakfast (provided)
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8:45 am Overview, Entering motherhood and why they suffer in silence
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The play was first performed here in the mid-1980s at the Bush, where Simon Callow as Molina and Mark Rylance as Valentin played with ferocious, hysterical intensity in stark contrast to the more measured Donmar performances of Will Keen and Rupert Evans.
Then came the film starring William Hurt (Hurt won an Oscar) and Raul Julia and finally a wonderful musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally, directed by Hal Prince (at the Shaftesbury in 1992) with Chita Rivera as both Molina's screen idol and a figure of death and entrapment, the spider woman.
In the play, located specifically in the Villa Devoto prison in Buenos Aires, we hear the spider woman's high heels mashed up in the sound effects, but she remains a cat-like creature of prey in Molina's episodic recounting of a favourite trashy B movie. Molina has been convicted of corrupting minors, while Valentin, 12 years his junior at the age of 24, is an object of ongoing investigation. Just how ongoing becomes gradually apparent as he begins to develop sickness from the prison food. Molina cleans him up and comforts him, but his watchfulness is really surveillance.
As the screws are turned, there are some striking philosophical asides about the nature of sexuality – the idea, for instance, that if men were more like women there would be no more torture – and the increasing pressures of life in a police state. In this way the play becomes one of universal topicality, but whereas the musical expanded the generalities and literally poured them through the outrageous flamboyance of Brent Carver's big, expressive Molina, the play is assembled in deft touches of revelation and tactical adjustments.
Will Keen, shaven-headed and finical, wrapped in a Japanese silk kimono over his prison clothes, is a dead ringer for Rocky Horror author Richard O'Brien and has something, too, of that artist's clipped, dry delivery. Rupert Evans is a helpless victim at all times, pained and bearded, drawn into describing his political activity and inevitably into Molina's bed, where brisk sexual penetration under the regulation blanket is achieved during a storm-tossed evening.
A voice-over (sounding suspiciously like David Ryall) becomes increasingly prevalent, but Westenra has chosen to delete the final revelatory twist in which Molina has second thoughts about his campaign. We're left with the distinct impression, false to the play, that the waltz of betrayal between the two men is precisely, and finally, that.
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Originally posted by Drakxii
The costs of running the servers, etc. are easily made up for by decent box sales, and a very limited cash shop. It's been years since the sub fee was necessary to run a game.
Also, if you put out a good game in the first place, you don't have to spend so much on the bug fixing devs....
And, you can't really compare phone, cable and internet service to MMOs for one very important reason: While the costs of running an MMO have dropped drastically over the years, the costs of the infrastructure for those others have not. In fact, in many ways, the costs of infrastructure for cable, phone, etc. has actually increased in recent years. Have you seen the prices of copper lately?
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver". - Niccolo Machiavelli
to the OP, the hybrid "freemium" system already exist.
If you really want to mix sub and free in one game without using the standard freemium system then i would do the following:
both subscribers and non subscribers get the entire game and same content. The only difference will be that free players will be stuck with PvE and 1v1 duels while subscribers will have both PvE and all kinds of PvP.
Otherwise let subs and freebies away from each other.
The biggest problem in any pricing model is that you actually need a game worth paying for.
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Originally posted by evolver1972
Of course the costs of running the servers can be made up by devent box sales, if you guess right. Also good MMO is always evloving, so there is always a need for a dev to fix bugs. Also never said it had to be 15 a month but any sub is better then any cash shop imo.
I will not play a game with a cash shop ever again. A dev job should be to make the game better not make me pay so it sucks less.
Originally posted by evolver1972
Which is better, being forced to spend money after buying a game, or having the option of spending money? I would pick the freedom of a (non-Pay2Win) cash shop any day.
And yes, you do need to spend money on the bug fixes over time, but if you make a good game to begin with, those costs aren't probably going to be very high and could easily be recouped by even a cosmetic only cash shop.
However, this isn't really about subs or cash shops being good or bad, it's more about the OP's idea being terrible (IMO) for the player.
Sorry, this post was in response to Drakxii....I hit the wrong "Quote" button!
Edit: clearing up who the response was to.
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Well gu357u53r, from what I gather from your posts, you clearly favour subscribers over non-subscribers.
If you want to make a game that is targeted at subscribers, why not just scrap the "pay for the boxset but get half the game" scheme and just slap a monthly sub fee on it? If people think your game has promise they'll sub. Nobody will pay an initial fee to play an incomplete version of the game. In fact I think most non-subscribers would rather just play a F2P game with a cash shop. At least that way they know they didn't spend money, and won't expect to be favoured over subscribers/cash item buyers.
Originally posted by gu357u53r
Also, LotRO is a good example, it wasn't the lifetime subs that allowed them to go to a hybrid model, it was that they found that that model works very well. (Turbine had success with it with DDO, if I remember correctly).
And if a game "requires" subscription revenue (I personally don't believe that any game does), why not just make it a sub-based game and be done with it?
I personally think the best way is B2P, followed by the hybrid model. I don't play subscription games, period, because I personally think charging me to play a game I've paid for is nothing better than ripping me off.
Why shouldn't it be fair? The B2P model, even with a (non-Pay2Win) cash shop is completely fair for everyone involved - the devs and players. The hybrid model, in many cases is also very fair for everyone involved IMO.
Originally posted by gu357u53r
Shees i've read all you other "counter arguments" on other posts and you really dont know how to "argue", if you think some one is wrong then put either facts or a decent theory to prove other wise saying "you're wrong and im right" is not the way to go.
Your system cuts out content and exprience, makes the game a hell of allot more complicate to design, and instead of renforcing people to subscribe by letting them exprience the game to the fullest with all its aspects is just reducing the quality of life of its playability and will mostlikly only makes them frustrated.
Before you try to intreduce a new capitalization system you need to evaluate several things
1) what are you going to capialize on
2) who is your target audience
When you intreducing an alternative system you need to go even deeper and think how am im going to convince some one to pay for somthing they either can get for free or werent that intrested about it in the first place.
Making them expreince the game in with limitation isnt the way to go, every thing you want to remove from them are the most basic machanics in any MMORPG. For that "recruit your friend" and free weekends work much better.
Also if you want to add more players to the game that were not normally play it by making the basic version free in hoping those who were on the fence will move to the sub camp you are risking that just as many players who were subs switching the "free" camp.
Also you don't seem to comprehand most of what people are saying, for example paying 10US for a week of play time isn't any less of a demo than buying a box of a sub based MMO is. You pay you get to play for 1 week you want to play it more pay for the box minus the inital fee and get that week reduced from your initial free time. If timed properly that can generate more income after the dust from the initial launch have settled and even if no one of the people who payed for that week will buy the game it is still an income generator unlike a free week or a weekend.
Also i have no idea what flash games and CS have to do with it, with Theme Parks as they are designed to day leveling is a means to a goal which in any Theme Park is the end game. Spending time on crafting, and buying gear while leveling is a waste of time and while some people still do that just about every player these days learned not too.
When you intreduce a new system for income generation you need to figure out how to insentivise the player to pay, thats why cash shops in many cases with f2p games turn them into p2w games since if you can expreicne the game completly and be on top with out spending a dime with ease you wont get as much sales as you would if you forced them to play.
As for your system you need to look at insentives to pay, not insentives to stop playing.
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Originally posted by evolver1972
Originally posted by DOGMA1138
I'm not going to quote this whole thing, you cant create an income generating system with out having a game which its core mechanics are built around it if your system is based on insentivising people to sub, or buy items from a cash shop, or any other revenue stream.
When people desided to interduce microstransactions they built their games around it some did a better job in making a game some did better job at making a proffit some did a terrible job at both.
People who play sub based MMO's expect several things in return usually in terms of long term support, and free additional content for the forseeable future.
If you are going to make a game which is a sub/f2p hybrid you need to figure what the game is going to offer and how the game mechanics are going to effect paying and non paying players.
For example how's the 1st free month going to look like if that system of yours also has box sales as revenue model(which complicates things allot).
Say i've reached the max level with in the first month of the game which is what you pretty much get these days. Since i was in the free month i get all the benefits of the sub right?
K i got my level 80 gear but if i dont wanna pay i can only use 79? What happens to all that special currency i've gathered during leveling? what happens to my auctions when the month expires? what happens to my mail? what if i made more chars then what the free version allows? a system like that wont fly well with most people because if nothing it will seem more as blackmail than any thing else.
If you really dont understand all the wholes and downsides of that systems especially when you combine them with initiall 50-60US box sales and the fact that when you design somthing so complex and important as the entire revenue system for your product that you cant make it and then figure out how to sell it then im sorry but your whole way of thinking is incorrect.
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Because one size does not fit all. The 'all you can eat buffet' model is not great for a 100lb vegan.
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Actually that is not true :P from the buisness side the vegan is their best costumer :P
Originally posted by DOGMA1138
Sub are the cesspool of the industry? well considering every beloved game since the first online MUD's were out there had one thats like basically saying that all those people are...
And do you realize that "simple its freezes till your resub" isnt simple? what freezes am i going to be naked? what about my bank char that i cant get too? what about all the mails i had which i didn't get to open? a system like that is the fear and parody of DLC, its basically going back to the days of the arcade "insert coin to continue" people paid for a box and got content it says on the box that it wont require a sub or that a sub will be optional you cant then take away features from them. If you take away features and lockout abilities you are not insentivising people to sub, you are punishing your costumers and that never works well on no one. If you want to make a hybrid model instead of thinking what people that dont pay wont have you need to think about what people that do pay will, and in that case it is very hard to impossible to insetivise people to pay 15US extra with out handycapping those who don't.
There is a reason why cash shops MMO's are succesfull for every 5 people who dont pay a dime there is one moron that wants all the dyes, and all the chocobos and theyll pay mid to high range double digits for that a month. I know people that spent around 600 US on LoL by buying just about ever char and outfit there is in there, i know people that spent 200+ US by buying ever wow ingame pet there is on the blizzstore... But those people and the those transactions have nither handycap nor restrict the players who dont care about pandy the panda or murky the murloc.
With a hybrid system as you've suggested with box sales you are punishing those who supported you the most, and taking away things they've allready paid for instead of givving them more if they will sub.
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I don't always play MMOs, but when I do, I play sandboxes
so basically this model is a limited B2P, just costing the same as B2P. less bang for your buck all around.
no wonder you are being torn appart in this thread, OP.
back to the drawing board. or better, stop thinking. its obviously not your strongest point.
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I actually like your model OP.
One tiny thing that i would change though
it should be renamed to 'Buy2Play with additional limitations', all in hope they attract more people to their already aging game (not talking about rift here tho).
its actually great idea. cant wait for 'next gen' payment models. I can already see it... Buy to play with 9 different monthly subscription models, ranging from $5 to $99 a month, where every higher tier subscription model unlocks aditional feature. All that because our friendly publishers/devs want to make their game accessible to everyone, regardless how much money you have !
Also, publishers could defend its existance relatively easy, just by saying 'but you can experience everything for free!
you just cant send mails if you dont have a $25 sub, or cant use storage/auction if you dont pay another $10. But you can access all physical areas in our game, without restrictions (and could even wear some of gear you find in those areas, if you have recurring subscription nr7, @ $60/month). Why u mmo gamers no happy!?!
Future is bright!
Originally posted by Sagasaint
It's not that the problem is that a game which is neither B2P or P2P needs to be designed from the ground up to fit a diffrent model, e.g cash shop.
All the ideas the OP suggested are basically either "cash shop" MMO or a P2P mmo with an extended trail like WoW is today with recruirt a friend or in rift. The problem is that he just cant see that...
Special currency for "subs" = gems, plex, corwns, w/e in just about every cash shop mmo has special currency that people use, and before some one jumps well you earn it in game - no you pay an X amount of $$$ to get it a month but in this model you cant actually control how much you pay and how much you get...
Level restrictions, gear restrictions, restricted access to economy(AH, Mail, Trade etc`), restricted access to conent(no proffessions, etc.) = basically just about every extended trail out there these days.
Combine them both you basically get a P2P MMO today which most of them have some sort of a cash shop with in the restrictions imposed by diffrent extended trail offers...
There isnt any thing exactly new in the system he suggested ;)
There also other systems ala LOTRO for example play for free and pay for new content or pay a sub and get all content additions for free...
But again today we allready have microtransactions in most P2P mmo's, and those as additional and new revenue streams will keep poping.


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Todd Lockwood progs // Andrew Jones
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I try not to do too much Over Here! but I had asked Todd Lockwood to give me one or two progress shots for a blog post. He went nuts and gave me a very comprehensive step-by-step. It would be shame if anyone interested in his work missed it:
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Awesome, thanks Irene. An in depth step by step of a Lockwood piece should be a lot of fun, I'm checking it out right now!
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Hey Irene!
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That Lockwood step by step is stunning.
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Damn, this is way cool.
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i agree on the dragon smiley hehe
thanks for those links, i feel so dumb i didn't discover Illuminated before, that trailer is...wow.
Very interesting Lockwood step by steo too!
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I like how the interview posted below the Illuminated trailer wraps up with Andrew pretty much showing us that he is the main character from illuminated
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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Dominator is not done yet.
After leading Russia's Kontinental Hockey League with seven shutouts last season, 46-year-old Dominik Hasek is eager to play at least one more year in Europe's elite professional league. Hasek, however, ruled out a return to the NHL, where he played 16 seasons, the last in 2007-08 when he won the Stanley Cup with Detroit.
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Q: Hi Mike, Keep up the good work. With Pat White most likely being cut and not making the final roster, I was wondering who the Dolphins could have drafted instead with that second round pick instead of Pat White. Looking back years from now it looks to me like this will be the biggest regret by the Trifecta as far as drafting goes. Matt, Ventura, Calif.
A: Thanks, Matt. Yes, it's sad to see the apparent end coming so soon for Pat White, who is buried with the Dolphins but could have a future in the Canadian Football League. Winnipeg, Hamilton and British Columbia are three teams in the CFL that figure to have interest in White should the Dolphins cut ties with him, a source says, although White would have just 10 days to report once a CFL claim was entered. "The bigger field might play to his strengths a little more," one talent evaluator told me.
As for your question about players the Dolphins could have had instead, 16 names were submitted between White's selection at No. 44 overall in 2009 and Sean Smith's pick at No. 61. Included among those 16 are a productive running back (LeSean McCoy, Eagles), wide receiver (Mohamed Massaquoi, Browns) and defensive end (Connor Barwin, Texans) as well as a projected starting outside linebacker (Clint Sintim, Giants), a talented backup outside linebacker (Paul Kruger, Ravens) and a starting strong safety (Sherrod Martin, Panthers). Even more painful for a Dolphins team still looking for help on the offensive line, they passed on a pair of starting guards (Max Unger, Seahawks; Andy Levitre, Bills)and two more starting tackles (Phil Loadholt, Vikings; Sebastian Vollmer, Patriots).


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A switching regulator circuit is arranged to provide a constant current to a load. The switching regulator circuit is operated in discontinuous current mode such that an inductor stores energy in a first part of an oscillation cycle, and discharges in a second part of the cycle. The trigger mechanism for the oscillator is disabled when the charged inductor couples energy to the load, and enabled after the inductor is detected as discharged. The energy stored in the inductor is proportional to the square of the on-time associated with switching regulator. Constant voltage load devices such as LEDs for a display can be driven by the switching regulator in an open-loop mode such that the current in the load devices is a linear function of the on-time.
1. A switching regulator that is arranged to provide current to a load circuit, comprising:
a first resistor that is coupled between a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is associated with an input voltage;
a second resistor that is coupled between the second node and a circuit ground;
an inductor that is coupled between the first node and a third node;
a third resistor that is coupled between the third node and a fourth node;
a fourth resistor that is coupled between the fourth node and the circuit ground;
a diode that is coupled between the third node and the load circuit;
a capacitor that is coupled in parallel with the load circuit;
a switch circuit that is arranged to selectively couple the third node to the circuit ground in response to a pulsed gate signal; and
a voltage controlled oscillator that is responsive to a frequency signal from the third node and arranged to provide a pulsed gate signal, wherein the voltage controlled oscillator is: disabled by a first signal from the fourth node when the first signal is above a predetermined reference level, enabled when the first signal is below the predetermined reference level, and arranged to provide the pulsed gate signal when enabled such that the switch circuit is activated for a time interval that is associated with a pulse width that is determined by a second signal from the second node.
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11. A switching regulator that is arranged to generate an output voltage (VOUT) from an input voltage (VIN) by coupling a current (ILOAD) to a load circuit, the switching regulator comprising:
an inductor that is coupled between a first node and a second node, wherein the first node is associated with the input voltage, wherein the inductor has a value that corresponds to L;
a diode that is coupled between the second node and the load circuit;
a sense means that is arranged to monitor a sense voltage from the second node;
an oscillator means that is arranged to selectively provide a gate signal when enabled, wherein a pulse width associated with the gate signal is responsive to the input voltage (VIN);
a switch means that is arranged to selectively couple the second node to a circuit ground when the gate signal is asserted; and
a disable means that is arranged to disable the oscillator means in response to the sense voltage when the inductor is discharging until the sense voltage collapses below a predetermined reference level such that the switching regulator is operated in a discontinuous current node.
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17. A method of generating an output voltage (VOUT) for a load circuit from an input voltage (VIN) with a switching regulator, the method comprising:
coupling an inductor to a circuit ground such that the inductor is charged during a first cycle, wherein the inductor has a value corresponding to L;
discharging the inductor after the first cycle by coupling energy from the inductor to the load circuit through a diode during a second cycle, wherein the second cycle is different from the first cycle;
sensing when the inductor is discharged;
restarting the first cycle when the inductor is determined to be discharged such that the switching regulator is operated in a discontinuous current rode; and
adjusting the period associated with the first cycle in response to the input voltage (VIN) such that a load current that is provided to the load circuit is a linear function of the input voltage (VIN).
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The present invention is related to switching regulators. More particularly, the present invention is related to a circuit that provides a constant current to a load using an open-loop operation of a switching regulator.
Demand for portable electronic devices is increasing each year. Example portable electronic devices include: laptop computers, personal data assistants (PDAs), cellular telephones, and electronic pagers. Portable electronic devices place high importance on total weight, size, and battery life for the devices. Many portable electronic devices employ rechargeable batteries such as Nickel-Cadmium (NiCad), Nickel-Metal-Hydride (NiMHi), Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion), and Lithium-Polymer based technologies.
In many portable power applications, a voltage that exceeds the battery voltage is required to operate certain circuits such as a video display. DC—DC converters are switching-type regulators that can be used to generate higher output voltages from a battery voltage. The output voltage is typically provided to a load circuit by varying the conduction time that is associated with a controlled device. Example controlled devices include transistors, gate-turn-on (GTO devices), thyristors, diodes, as well as others The frequency, duty cycle, and conduction time of the controlled device is varied to adjust the average output voltage to the load. Typical DC—DC converters are operated with some sort of oscillator circuit that provides a clock signal. The output voltage of the converter is also determined by the oscillation frequency associated with the clock signal.
Non-limiting and non-exhaustive embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the following drawings.
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, where like reference numerals represent like parts and assemblies throughout the several views. Reference to various embodiments does not limit the scope of the invention, which is limited only by the scope of the claims attached hereto. Additionally, any examples set forth in this specification are not intended to be limiting and merely set forth some of the many possible embodiments for the claimed invention.
Throughout the specification and claims, the following terms take at least the meanings explicitly associated herein, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. The meaning of "a," "an," and "the" includes plural reference. The meaning of "in" includes "in" and "on." The term "connected" means a direct connection between the items connected, without any intermediate devices. The term "coupled" refers to both direct connections between the items connected, and indirect connections through one or more intermediary items. The term "circuit" may refer to both single components, and to a multiplicity of components. The term component refers to one or more items that are configured to provide a desired function. The term "signal" includes signals such as currents, voltages, charges, logic signals, data signals, optical signals, electromagnetic waves, as well as others. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like parts throughout the views.
Briefly stated, the present invention is related to a switching regulator circuit arranged to provide a constant current to a load. The switching regulator circuit is operated in discontinuous current mode such that an inductor stores energy in a first part of an oscillation cycle, and discharges in a second part of the cycle. The trigger mechanism for the oscillator is disabled when the charged inductor couples energy to the load, and enabled after the inductor is detected as discharged. The energy stored in the inductor is proportional to the square of the on-time associated with switching regulator. Constant voltage load devices such as LEDs for a display can be driven by the switching regulator in an open-loop mode such that the current in the load devices is a linear function of the on-time.
Battery BATT is coupled between node N1 and ground. Inductor L is coupled between node N1 and N3. Resistor R1 is coupled between node N1 and node N2. Resistor R2 is coupled between node N2 and ground. Resistor RF1 is coupled between node N3 and node N4. Resistor RF2 is coupled between node N4 and ground. Diode DS is coupled between node N3 and node N5. Capacitor C is coupled between node N5 and ground. LEDs D1-DN are coupled between node N5 and ground. Converter circuit CONV is coupled to nodes N2, N3, and N4. The battery (BATT) is arranged to provide an input voltage (VIN) at node N1. Resistors RF1 and RF2 form a voltage divider that is arranged to provide a sensed voltage (SNS) at node N4.
The converter circuit (CONV) includes a voltage controlled oscillator circuit (VCO), a driver circuit (DRV), a switch circuit (SW), and a comparator (CP). The VCO circuit is responsive to a signal (FREQ) from node N2. The output of the VCO circuit is an oscillation signal (OSC). The driver circuit (DRV) is arranged to receive the oscillation signal (OSC) and provide a gate control signal (GATE). The gate control signal (GATE) is coupled to a control terminal of the switch circuit (SW). The switch circuit is arranged to couple node N3 (the SW terminal) to ground when activated in response to the gate control signal (GATE) such that the inductor (L) is periodically charged. Comparator CP is arranged to deactivate the oscillator signal with a SLEEP signal whenever the sense voltage (SNS) exceeds a predetermined reference level (REF). By gating the VCO circuit with the SLEEP signal, the oscillation signal is forced into a known operating condition (e.g., a logic 1 or logic 0). The sense voltage (SNS) is associated with a switch pin for the converter (e.g., node N3). The switch circuit (SW) will be deactivated when the VCO circuit is gated off such that the inductor will completely discharge.
Although, the load circuit is illustrated as an array of LEDs, any load that draws a relatively constant current can be arranged for operation with the converter. The circuit illustrated in
The switching regulator circuit illustrated in
At time t1, the oscillation signal (OSC) pulse ends and the switch circuit (SW) opens. The switch circuit will remain in the open circuit position over a time interval from t1 to t2 where the oscillation signal is deasserted (TOFF). The energy stored in the inductor (L) is delivered to the load circuit via the diode (DS) during the TOFF interval. The output voltage (VOUT) increases while the inductor delivers energy to the load circuit. The voltage node N3 will instantaneously increase from the ground potential to VOUT+V(DS) when the switch circuit (SW) is deactivated (open circuit) at time t1. Similarly, the sense voltage (SNS) at node N4 will instantaneously increase when the switch circuit (SW) is deactivated at time t1. From time t1 through t2 the sense voltage (SNS) will increase proportional to the output voltage (VOUT) according to the scaling factor set by resistors RF1 and RF2. The SLEEP signal is activated at time t1 since the sense voltage (SNS) is above the reference voltage (REF) in the converter.
At time t2, the current (IL) in the inductor (L) drops to zero and the diode is no longer forward biased. Once the diode becomes inactive, the voltage at nodes N3 and N4 (the sense voltage) collapse resulting in the deactivation of the SLEEP signal. Once the SLEEP signal is deactivated, the oscillator resumes operation as illustrated in FIG. 2.
The pulse width (TON) of the oscillation signal is controlled via signal FREQ at node N2. In one example, the signal FREQ corresponds to a control voltage that is determined by the input voltage (VIN) and a voltage divider that is formed by resistors R1 and R2. In another example, the signal FREQ corresponds to a current that is set by the value of resistor R1 and the input voltage (VIN), where resistor R2 is arranged to shunt current to ground to provide a DC offset for the control terminal of the VCO. In each example, signal FREQ is proportional to the input voltage (VIN) such that the pulse width of the oscillation signal (TON) is also proportional to the input voltage (VIN).
As described previously, the VCO circuit is deactivated or disabled such that the oscillation signal is static (e.g., a logic 0 or a logic 1) when the SLEEP signal is asserted. The SLEEP signal is asserted (or activated) when the sense voltage (SNS) reaches a predetermined reference voltage (REF) in the converter (CONV). In one example, the reference voltage corresponds to a band-gap voltage (e.g., 1.2V) that is provided by a band-gap voltage reference circuit. Resistors RF1 and RF2 operate as a voltage divider that scales the value of the voltage at node N3 for comparison to the reference voltage (REF) as the sense voltage (SNS). The values associated with resistors RF1 and RF2 are chosen to select the appropriate regulation limit where the VCO circuit will once again be enabled. Just prior to time t2, the voltage at node N3 sags as the inductive coil (L) discharges its stored energy. At time t2, the sense voltage (SNS) drops sufficient to indicate that the inductor (L) has discharged approximately all of its stored energy. Since the coil completely discharges before the next cycle, the off time (TOFF) will vary proportional to the on time (TON).
Inductor (L) is arranged to store energy in the first part of the conduction cycle (TON) and discharges in the second part of the conduction cycle (TOFF). The energy stored in the inductor (L) is equal to half of the inductance times the peak current squared. The peak current (IPK) is determined by the on-time (TON), the input voltage (VIN), and the inductance as follows below.
The stored energy in the inductor is thus proportional to the on-time (TON) squared (e.g., see Eq. 4). The average power consumed by the switching regulator circuit is equal to the energy consumed divided by time. The total time of one switching cycle includes the on-time (or energy storage time) and the off-time (or discharge time). The off-time and the on-time are linearly related to one another as follows below.
When the input and output voltages are known, the total time period (TON+TOFF) of the switching regulator is a linear function of the on-time, as follows below.
When VIN and VOUT are assumed to be constant, the power consumption is a linear function of the on-time that corresponds to a constant (K1) times the on-time squared (TON 2) divided by another constant (K2) times the on-time (TON). For a constant voltage load such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) the current consumption predictably corresponds to a linear function of the on-time.
The VCO circuit in the converter has a linear response with respect to the input voltage (VIN) and the oscillation frequency. The on-time decreases linearly as the input voltage increases. The oscillation frequency can be arranged such that decreases in on-time reduces the power consumption at the same rate that the increased voltage increases the power consumption such that a constant power output circuit (constant current) results. For a constant power output circuit, the relationship between input voltage (VIN), output voltage (VOUT), and power consumption (Power) are determined as follows below.
The VCO oscillation frequency is linearly related to the input voltage (VIN), where the oscillation frequency intersects the voltage axis at a point corresponding to voltage X (e.g., 1 volt). Since the oscillation frequency adjustment also corresponds to the adjustment of the oscillation signal (OSC) pulse width (TON), the pulse width is related to the input voltage by:
Substituting Eq. 8 into Eq. 7 yields:
Vdiff corresponds to the voltage difference between the input voltage (VIN) and the output voltage (VOUT) that is provided by the operation of the converter circuit. The current that is delivered to the load circuit (e.g., the array of LEDs) is determined by the ratio of Power and Vdiff, as given by:
The operation of the above-described converter in discontinuous mode is simple and inexpensive relative to conventional LED driver systems. The discontinuous current mode is arranged to generate a relatively constant power level. Since the load circuit is a relatively constant voltage load, the constant power level provides a constant current circuit. Increased input voltages results in reductions in the oscillator on-time such that the constant current draw is independent of input voltage. By careful selection of the oscillator on time variations with the load circuit voltage variations, the circuit is a constant current circuit that is independent of voltage and temperature.
The above specification, examples and data provide a complete description of the manufacture and use of the composition of the invention. Since many embodiments of the invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, the invention resides in the claims hereinafter appended.
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