A DC—DC converter can supply a stable output voltage from an input voltage
with the power supply voltage varying along with the supply of the power and can
maintain a high voltage conversion efficiency. The DC—DC converter includes
an inductive element and the first-fourth switches connected to both terminals
of the inductive element, the first and second switches are turned on and off periodically
corresponding to the input voltage. When the input voltage goes below a prescribed
reference level, a first control signal that keeps the first switch constantly
on is generated by a feedforward control circuit to turn on the third and fourth
switches periodically corresponding to the output voltage so that the output time
of the third switch is generated by a feedback control circuit to switch the voltage
increasing operation and the voltage increasing/decreasing operation corresponding
to the input voltage.