Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual-edge pulse width modulation for multiphase switching power converters with current balancing
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Application No.: US15791270Application Date: 2017-10-23
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Publication No.: US10177654B1Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Kevin Yi Cheng Chang , James Doyle
- Applicant: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR (UK) LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR (UK) LIMITED
- Current Assignee: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR (UK) LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/156
- IPC: H02M3/156 ; H02M1/08 ; H03K3/037 ; H03K5/24 ; H03K19/0175

Abstract:
In one or more embodiments, a method comprises comparing an output voltage for a multi-phase DC-DC switching power converter to a reference voltage to produce an error voltage. The method further comprises, for a first inductor, generating a first dual-ramp voltage signal having a first DC voltage level, and level-shifting the first dual-ramp voltage signal to form a second dual-ramp voltage signal having a second DC voltage level different from the first DC voltage level. Further, the method comprises switching on a first power switch coupled to the first inductor according to a duty cycle determined responsive to a comparison of the second dual-ramp voltage signal to the error voltage, where the level-shifting of the first dual-ramp voltage signal adjusts the duty cycle of the first power switch to balance a current in the first inductor with a current in a second inductor for the multi-phase DC-DC switching power converter.
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