Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Control system with voltage-to-time converter for combined buck-boost converter using a single inductor
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Application No.: US17065984Application Date: 2020-10-08
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Publication No.: US11381172B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Michael Couleur , Nicola Rasera , Siarhei Meliukh
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Erik A. Heter; Dean M. Munyon
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M3/156

Abstract:
A control system with a voltage-to-time converter for combined buck-boost converter using a single inductor. The system includes a voltage-to-time converter circuit having first and second inputs coupled to receive first and second voltage signals, respectively. The voltage-to- time converter includes a comparator configured to compare the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal and to generate a comparator output signal at a first level if the first voltage is greater than the second voltage and at a second level if the second voltage is greater than the first voltage. The voltage-to-time converter further includes an output circuit configured to generate first and second output signals based on the comparator output signal. The output circuit is configured to provide a selected one of the first or second output signals at the first level for a duration dependent on a difference between respective voltages of the first and second voltage signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210126539A1 Combined Buck-Boost Converter Using a Single Inductor Public/Granted day:2021-04-29
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