Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiphase switching power supply with robust current sensing and shared amplifier
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Application No.: US15479162Application Date: 2017-04-04
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Publication No.: US09793800B1Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Yingyi Yan , Yi Ding Gu
- Applicant: Linear Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Patent Law Group LLP
- Agent Brian D. Ogonowsky
- Main IPC: H02M3/157
- IPC: H02M3/157 ; H02M1/084 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M1/12 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
In a multiphase, current mode controlled switching power supply, current through the inductors in the various phases is sensed to determine when to turn off the switching transistors. An AC current feedback path, sensing the ramping ripple current, is separate from the DC current path, sensing the lower frequency average current. A shared differential amplifier has its inputs multiplexed to receive only the DC component signals from all the phases. The gain of the amplifier is set so that the DC sense signal has the proper proportion to the AC sense signal. The output of the amplifier is sampled and held for each phase using a second multiplexer. The AC sense signal and the amplified DC sense signal, for each phase, are combined by a summing circuit. The composite sense signal is applied to a comparator for each phase to control the duty cycle of the associated switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170302174A1 MULTIPHASE SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY WITH ROBUST CURRENT SENSING AND SHARED AMPLIFIER Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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