Switching regulator and control method

摘要

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that comprises a plurality of electric circuits and that has power supply lines for the individual electric circuits. It provides a switching regulator that controls the power that is supplied by an external power source to such an information processing apparatus, while inhibiting power waste, and the information processing apparatus and a method for its control. The information processing apparatus, which is activated by power supplied from an external power source, comprises: a first power supply line for supplying power to a first electric circuitry; a second power supply line for supplying power to a second electric circuitry; a i-th power supply line for supplying power to a i-th electric circuitry (i is an integer of 1