SWITCHED COMMON-MODE CURRENT CONTROL FOR SINGLE-INDUCTOR-MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (SIMO) POWER CONVERTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20200076299A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16246107

    申请日:2019-01-11

    Abstract: A power converter includes a voltage source for generating an input voltage, and a regulation circuit for generating a set of output voltages based on the input voltage. The regulation circuit regulates the set of output voltages in different manners based on whether the set of output voltages is greater or less than a set of corresponding reference voltages, respectively. If one or more output voltages are less than one or more of the corresponding reference voltages, the regulation circuit regulates only those one or more output voltages during a current regulation interval based on an error voltage related to one or more differences between the one or more output voltages and the corresponding one or more reference voltages, respectively. If all output voltages are greater than the corresponding reference voltages, the regulation circuit regulates only the output voltage associated with the largest load current during the current regulation interval.

    TECHNIQUES FOR CURRENT SENSING FOR SINGLE-INDUCTOR MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (SIMO) REGULATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210067035A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16553759

    申请日:2019-08-28

    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for continuous current sensing for a single-inductor multiple-output (SIMO) regulator. One example method includes operating a plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator, via a plurality of control signals, according to a plurality of switching states using a switching controller, sensing currents associated with at least a portion of the plurality of switches of the SIMO regulator using a plurality of current sense circuits, and selectively outputting a sense current from one of the plurality of current sense circuits based on a change in the plurality of controls signals occurring between a transition from a first switching state to a second switching state of the plurality of switching states.

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