Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiphase buck converter and multiphase buck conversion method
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Application No.: US14362428Application Date: 2013-02-25
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Publication No.: US09431905B2Publication Date: 2016-08-30
- Inventor: Maria Francesca Seminara , Patrizia Milazzo , Salvatore Rosario Musumeci
- Applicant: ST-Ericsson SA
- Applicant Address: CH Plan-les-Ouates
- Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
- Current Assignee: ST-ERICSSON SA
- Current Assignee Address: CH Plan-les-Ouates
- Agency: Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC
- Priority: EP12425045 20120228
- International Application: PCT/EP2013/053744 WO 20130225
- International Announcement: WO2013/127750 WO 20130906
- Main IPC: H02M1/084
- IPC: H02M1/084 ; H02M3/158 ; G06F1/32 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A multiphase buck converter (10) is disclosed, comprising: —a first buck converter branch (SD1, L1) comprising a first core section (COR1), a first power section (PWR1) having a first output node (LX1), a first coil (11) having a first end connected to the first output node (LX1), the first power section (PWR1) being adapted to be controlled by the first core section (COR1) for providing to the coil (L1) a coil current (I1), the first core section (COR1) and the first power section (PWR1) being integrated in a chip (IC); —a second buck converter branch (SD2, L2) comprising a second core section (COR2), a second power section (PWR2) having a second output node (LX2), a second coil (L2) having a first end connected to the second output node (LX2), the second power section (PWR2) being adapted to be controlled by the second core section (COR2) for providing to the second coil (L2) a second coil current (I2), the second core section (COR2) and the second power section (PWR2) being integrated in said chip (IC); —a feedback loop adapted to balance said coil currents (I1,I2). The feedback loop comprises a control block (C_B) that, in order to balance said coil currents, is adapted to compare a first average voltage at the first output node (LX1) with a second average voltage at the second output node (LX2) and control the first (SD1, L1) and second branch (SD2, L2) in order to make said first and second average voltages equal to each other. The control block (C_B) is integrated in said chip (IC) and has a first input directly connected to said first output node (LX1) and a second input directly connected to said second output node (LX2). The control block (C_B) is adapted to directly obtain said first and second average voltages from the instantaneous voltages of the first (LX1) and second (LX2) output nodes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150022533A1 Multiphase Buck Converter and Multiphase Buck Conversion Method Public/Granted day:2015-01-22
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