Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Circuits and methods for measuring the output current of a switched capacitor regulator
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Application No.: US16264079Application Date: 2019-01-31
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Publication No.: US10720832B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Hans Meyvaert , Thomas Li , Fred Chen , John Crossley , Zhipeng Li , Bertram J. Rodgers
- Applicant: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lion Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Byrne Poh LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/07
- IPC: H02M3/07 ; H02M7/483 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M3/158

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200144908A1 CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING THE OUTPUT CURRENT OF A SWITCHED CAPACITOR REGULATOR Public/Granted day:2020-05-07
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