Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Faulty current sense line detection in multiphase voltage regulators
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Application No.: US16051762Application Date: 2018-08-01
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Publication No.: US10693361B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Jinghong Guo , Harrison Hu , Tim Ng , Mattia Oddicini , Benjamim Tang , Herbert Zojer
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Applicant Address: AT Villach
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
- Current Assignee Address: AT Villach
- Agency: Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00 ; G01R31/50 ; H02H1/00 ; H02H7/12 ; H02M1/36

Abstract:
A multiphase voltage regulator includes a plurality of power stages, a plurality of current sense circuits, a controller and a current sense interface running between the controller and one or more of the current sense circuits. The current sense interface includes a separate line for each current sense circuit coupled to the current sense interface and which is configured to support single-ended or differential current sense. The regulator also includes a plurality of pullup circuits, each of which is connected to one of the current sense interface lines and has a higher impedance than the line to which it is connected. A fault detection circuit of the controller determines if an individual one of the current sense interface lines has an open fault, based on the pullup circuit connected to the line with the open fault pulling up the voltage on the line by more than a predetermined amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200044553A1 FAULTY CURRENT SENSE LINE DETECTION IN MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATORS Public/Granted day:2020-02-06
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