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US09231478B2 Step-down direct-current to direct-current converter, controller and control method thereof, and electronic apparatus using same 有权
降压直流电流到直流电流转换器,其控制器及其控制方法,以及使用它的电子设备

Step-down direct-current to direct-current converter, controller and control method thereof, and electronic apparatus using same
Abstract:
An M-channel (M is an integer of at least two) synchronous rectification type step-down DC/DC converter is provided. A controller in the converter (i) calculates a load current on a basis of currents flowing through M inductors, (ii) dynamically changes the number K of driving phases (K is an integer of up to M) on the basis of the calculated load current, (iii) generates a pulse signal adjusted in duty ratio such that an output voltage of an output line coincides with a predetermined reference voltage, (iv) selects K drivers among M drivers, and distributes the pulse signal with a phase difference of (360/K) degrees to each of the selected K drivers, and (v) monotonically increases an amplitude control signal indicating the amplitude of a gate driving voltage with respect to the calculated load current in a range determined in advance for each number K of driving phases.
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