Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current-controlled, single-inductor, multiple-output, DC-DC converter with continuous conduction and discontinuous conduction modes
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Application No.: US17348639Application Date: 2021-06-15
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Publication No.: US11575320B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Justin Michael Burkhart , Matthew Straayer
- Applicant: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Lathrop GPM LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00 ; H02M1/14 ; H02M3/156 ; H02M1/088

Abstract:
A controller for a SIMO DC-DC converter operable in CCM and DCM receives a signal representative of an inductor current, and signals representative of a first and a second DC-DC converter output. The controller has a first and second output adapted to control electronic switches coupled to a first and second output filter, and a third and fourth output adapted to control current in an inductor. The controller controls the outputs based upon the inputs by determining a desired PWL inductor current and current waveform, and determines pulsewidths of the outputs, to match the inductor current to the desired PWL. A timer controls pulsewidths of the outputs and the controller dynamically selects DCM or CCM to maintain the first and second DC-DC converter outputs at predetermined levels. In embodiments, the desired PWL inductor current is one or both of a desired valley current and a desired peak current.
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