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公开(公告)号：WO2021195337A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：PCT/US2021/024091
申请日：2021-03-25
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： MEYVAERT, Hans
Abstract: A circuit comprising: a first switch having: a first side connected to a first node; and a second side connected to a second capacitor's first side (2C1S); a second switch having: a first side connected to a second capacitor's second side (2C2S); and a second side connected to a first capacitor's first side (1C1S); a third switch having: a first side connected to a first capacitor's second side (1C2S); and a second side connected to a second node (2VN); a fourth switch having: a first side connected to 2C2S; and a second side connected to a third node (3VN); a fifth switch having: a first side connected to 2C1S; and a second side connected to 1C1S; a sixth switch having: a first side connected to 1C2S; and a second side connected to 3VN; a seventh switch having: a first side connected to 1C1S; and a second side connected to 2VN.
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2.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2014169186A3
公开(公告)日：2015-03-26
申请号：PCT/US2014033759
申请日：2014-04-11
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC
Inventor： LE HANH-PHUC , CROSSLEY JOHN , KIM WONYOUNG
CPC classification number: H02M3/04 , H01L2224/16225 , H01L2924/12044 , H01L2924/15311 , H01L2924/19042 , H01L2924/19105 , H02J7/0052 , H02J2007/0062 , H02M3/07 , H02M3/156 , H02M3/158 , H02M2001/007 , H02M2001/0093 , H02M2003/072 , H01L2924/00
Abstract: The present disclosure shows a hybrid regulator topology that can be more easily integrated and that can maintain high efficiency across a wide output and input voltage range, even with a small inductor. The hybrid regulator topology can include two types of regulators: a flying switched-inductor regulator and a step-down regulator that divides the input voltage into an M/N fraction of the input voltage. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the capacitive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by limiting the voltage swing across the switches in the flying switched-inductor regulator. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the inductor resistive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by operating the flying switched-inductor regulator at a high switching frequency and with a small amount of current flow through the inductor.
Abstract translation: 本公开显示了混合调节器拓扑，其可以更容易地集成，并且即使使用小电感器也可以在宽输出和输入电压范围内保持高效率。 混合调节器拓扑可以包括两种类型的调节器：一个飞行开关电感调节器和一个降压调节器，将输入电压分压为输入电压的M / N分数。 所公开的混合调节器拓扑的实施例可以通过限制飞越开关 - 电感器调节器中的开关两端的电压摆幅来减小飞行开关电感器调节器的电容损耗。 所公开的混合调节器拓扑的实施例可以通过以高开关频率和通过电感器的少量电流流动操作飞行开关电感器调节器来减小飞行开关电感器调节器的电感器电阻损耗。
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3.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2020096779A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：PCT/US2019/057659
申请日：2019-10-23
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： MEYVAERT, Hans , LI, Thomas , CHEN, Fred , CROSSLEY, John , LI, Zhipeng , RODGERS, Bertram, J.
Abstract: Circuits comprising: a capacitor; switches that, when State0, couple the capacitor in parallel with the load and, when State1, couple the capacitor in series with the load, wherein a first of the switches connects the capacitor to ground when in State0 and wherein a second of the switches connects the capacitor to an input voltage when in State1; a third switch, wherein a first side of the third switch is connected to the capacitor identically to one of the first switch and the second switch (OFWSW), wherein the third switch switches identically to the OFWSW, wherein the third switch is smaller than the OFWSW; a first resistor connected to the second side of the third switch; and a hardware processor that measures a current flowing through the first resistor and estimates the current provided to the load based on the current measured as flowing through the first resistor.
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公开(公告)号：WO2019050907A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：PCT/US2018/049491
申请日：2018-09-05
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： PUGGELLI, Alberto Alessandro Angelo , LI, Thomas , KIM, Wonyoung , CROSSLEY, John , LE, Hanh-Phuc
Abstract: Circuits comprising: an inductor having a first side connected to V IN ; a first switch having a first side connected to a second side of the inductor and the second side is not connected to the second side of the inductor; a second switch having a first side connected to V IN ; a first capacitor having a first side connected to a second side of the second switch; a third switch having a first side connected to a second side of the first switch; a fourth switch having a first side connected to a second side of the third switch; a fifth switch having a first side connected to a second side of the first capacitor and to a second side of the fourth switch, and having a second side coupled to a voltage source; and a second capacitor having a first side connected to the first side of the fourth switch, and having a second side connected to the second side of the fifth switch.
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公开(公告)号：WO2015009782A3
公开(公告)日：2015-01-22
申请号：PCT/US2014/046790
申请日：2014-07-16
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： LE, Hanh-Phuc , CROSSLEY, John , KIM, Wonyoung
Abstract: The present disclosure shows ways to use multiple "integrated voltage regulator (IVR) units" to offer IVRs that can cover a wide range of specifications without having to design separate IVRs for different specifications. Instead of designing separate IVRs and paying for separate mask sets for IVRs targeting different specifications (e.g., different design and mask sets for 1A IVR, 5A IVR), the disclosed embodiments present ways to design and fabricate large numbers of the same unit IVRs (e.g., 1 A IVR) and decide how many of them to use post-fabrication to deliver different current specifications (e.g., use five 1A unit IVRs for 5A, use ten 1A unit IVRs for 10A). These disclosed embodiments reduce the mask cost of fabricating IVRs for different specifications and reduce design time by focusing on a single unit IVR.
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Patent Agency Ranking6.发明申请
公开(公告)号：WO2014169186A2
公开(公告)日：2014-10-16
申请号：PCT/US2014/033759
申请日：2014-04-11
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： LE, Hanh-Phuc , CROSSLEY, John , KIM, Wonyoung
IPC: H02M3/156
CPC classification number: H02M3/04 , H01L2224/16225 , H01L2924/12044 , H01L2924/15311 , H01L2924/19042 , H01L2924/19105 , H02J7/0052 , H02J2007/0062 , H02M3/07 , H02M3/156 , H02M3/158 , H02M2001/007 , H02M2001/0093 , H02M2003/072 , H01L2924/00
Abstract: The present disclosure shows a hybrid regulator topology that can be more easily integrated and that can maintain high efficiency across a wide output and input voltage range, even with a small inductor. The hybrid regulator topology can include two types of regulators: a flying switched-inductor regulator and a step-down regulator that divides the input voltage into an M/N fraction of the input voltage. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the capacitive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by limiting the voltage swing across the switches in the flying switched-inductor regulator. The disclosed embodiments of the hybrid regulator topology can reduce the inductor resistive loss of the flying switched-inductor regulator by operating the flying switched-inductor regulator at a high switching frequency and with a small amount of current flow through the inductor.
Abstract translation: 本公开显示了混合调节器拓扑，其可以更容易地集成，并且即使使用小电感器也可以在宽输出和输入电压范围内保持高效率。 混合调节器拓扑可以包括两种类型的调节器：一个飞行开关电感调节器和一个降压调节器，将输入电压分压为输入电压的M / N分数。 所公开的混合调节器拓扑的实施例可以通过限制飞越开关 - 电感器调节器中的开关两端的电压摆幅来减小飞行开关电感器调节器的电容损耗。 所公开的混合调节器拓扑的实施例可以通过以高开关频率和通过电感器的少量电流流动操作飞行开关电感器调节器来减小飞行开关电感器调节器的电感器电阻损耗。
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公开(公告)号：WO2022200800A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-29
申请号：PCT/GB2022/050744
申请日：2022-03-24
Inventor： MEYVAERT, Hans
Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for DC voltage conversion. A DC converter (100) is described, with a charge pump circuit comprising a plurality of charge pump stages (1401, 1402-2,1402-2) each charge pump stage comprising connections for respective first and second capacitors for that stage (C1A, C1B; C2A,C2B; C3A, C3B). The charge pump also has a switch network, wherein the switch network comprises, between each successive stage, four switching paths (S7AA, S7AB, S7Ba, S7BB; S6AA, S6AB, S6Ba, S6BB) for separately connecting a respective first electrode of each of the first and second capacitors of one stage to a first electrode either of the first and second capacitors of the preceding stage, so that the relevant capacitor of the one stage can be charged by the relevant capacitor of the preceding stage.
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公开(公告)号：WO2018085438A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-11
申请号：PCT/US2017/059582
申请日：2017-11-01
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： MEYVAERT, Hans , PUGGELLI, Alberto Alessandro, Angelo
Abstract: A voltage regulator comprising: a first regulator module comprising a first transistor switch, wherein the first module operates in a first phase and wherein the first switch is configured to receive a first signal at a first gate of the first switch from a first signal driver; a second regulator module comprising a second transistor switch, wherein the second module operates in a second phase that is different from the first phase, wherein the second switch is configured to receive a second gate drive signal at a second gate of the second switch from a second signal driver, and wherein the second signal is opposite in polarity from the first signal; and a switch that couples the first gate and the second gate during at least part of a time period during which the first switch transitions states and the second switch transitions states.
Abstract translation: 一种电压调节器，包括：第一调节器模块，其包括第一晶体管开关，其中所述第一模块在第一阶段中操作，并且其中所述第一开关被配置为在所述第一开关的第一栅极处接收第一信号， 首先从第一信号驱动器切换; 第二调节器模块，其包括第二晶体管开关，其中所述第二模块在不同于所述第一相的第二相中操作，其中所述第二开关被配置为在所述第二开关的第二栅极处接收来自 第二信号驱动器，并且其中第二信号的极性与第一信号相反; 以及开关，其在第一开关转变状态和第二开关转换状态期间的至少部分时间段期间耦合第一栅极和第二栅极。
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公开(公告)号：WO2016168019A1
公开(公告)日：2016-10-20
申请号：PCT/US2016/026159
申请日：2016-04-06
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： CROSSLEY, John , LE, Hanh-Phuc , PUGGELLI, Alberto Alessandro Angelo
IPC: H02M3/06
CPC classification number: H02M3/158 , H02M1/14 , H02M3/07 , H02M2001/007
Abstract: The present disclosure provides an asymmetric switching capacitor regulator that is capable of providing an output voltage, covering a wide voltage range, with a high efficiency. The disclosed switching capacitor regulator is configured to generate a wide range of an output voltage by differentiating a voltage across one or more switching capacitors from a voltage across the rest of the switching capacitors in the switching capacitor regulator.
Abstract translation: 本公开提供了一种能够以高效率提供覆盖宽电压范围的输出电压的非对称开关电容器调节器。 所公开的开关电容器调节器被配置为通过将开关电容器中的一个或多个开关电容器上的电压与开关电容器调节器中的其余开关电容器两端的电压进行差分来产生宽范围的输出电压。
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公开(公告)号：WO2019140215A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-18
申请号：PCT/US2019/013226
申请日：2019-01-11
Applicant: LION SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
Inventor： PUGGELLI, Alberto Alessandro Angelo , LEE, Minbok , MEYVAERT, Hans , LI, Zhipeng
IPC: H02M3/158
Abstract: An inductor; a first switch having a first side connected to a first voltage source (VS1); a second switch having a first side connected to a second side of the first switch (2SS1), and a second side connected to a first side of the inductor (1 SI); a third switch having a first side connected to the 1 SI; a fourth switch having a first side connected to a second side of the third switch (2SS3), and a second side connected to a second voltage source (VS2); a fifth switch having a first side connected to the 1 SI, and a second side connected to the VS1 and/or the VS2; a first capacitor having a first side connected to the 2SS1, and a second side connected to the 2SS3; and a second capacitor having a first side connected to a second side of the inductor, and a second side connected to the VS2.
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