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- Patent Title: Control circuit for a multiphase buck converter, related integrated circuit, multiphase buck converter and method of operating a multiphase buck converter
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Application No.: US17730878Application Date: 2022-04-27
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Publication No.: US12021454B2Publication Date: 2024-06-25
- Inventor: Gerardo Castellano , Leonardo Pedone , Filippo Minnella , Marcello Raimondi
- Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: IT 2021000011780 2021.05.07
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/08

Abstract:
A control circuit for a multiphase buck converter includes a regulator circuit and a plurality of phase control circuits. The regulator circuit generates a regulation signal based on a feedback signal and a reference signal, and each phase control circuit receives a current sense signal and generates a respective PWM signal based on the respective current sense signal and the regulation signal. The control circuit includes a first selector circuit and a second selector circuit configured to receive a selection signal and selectively connect each phase control circuit of a subset of the phase control circuits to a PWM signal for driving a respective stage of the multiphase buck converter, and to a current sense signal provided by the respective stage of the multiphase buck converter. A selection control circuit generates the selection signal in order to connect the phase control circuits to different stages of the multiphase buck converter.
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