Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for phase current balancing in multi-phase constant on-time buck converter
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Application No.: US16003369Application Date: 2018-06-08
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Publication No.: US10284095B1Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Alexander Mednik , Ioan Stoichita , Surya Talari
- Applicant: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Microchip Technology Incorporated
- Agency: Burr & Forman LLP
- Agent Jeffrey H. Kamenetsky
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/08 ; H02M1/00 ; H02J1/10 ; G05F3/30 ; G05F1/56

Abstract:
A multi-phase DC-to-DC buck converter for receiving an input voltage and delivering an output voltage to a load by splitting the load current between a plurality of DC-to-DC buck converter cells. The converter includes a plurality of current sense circuits for sensing current in a respective converter cell, each of the current sense circuits configured to generate a respective current sense signal, an averaging circuit for receiving each of the respective current sense signals and generating an average signal, a plurality of imbalance detector circuits for comparing a respective current sense signal with the average signal and generating a respective current imbalance signal, and a plurality of ON time generators for activating a converter cell for a predetermined time interval and altering the predetermined time interval in accordance with a time integral of a respective current imbalance signal.
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