Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Phase multiplexed series stacked DC-DC converter
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Application No.: US18066911Application Date: 2022-12-15
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Publication No.: US12316223B2Publication Date: 2025-05-27
- Inventor: Richard Nicholson , Timothy Alan Phillips
- Applicant: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Empower Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: FisherBroyles, LLP
- Main IPC: H02M3/158
- IPC: H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A power converter circuit. In one aspect, the power converter circuit includes a first buck converter coupled in series to a second buck converter at a junction, and a control circuit coupled to each of the first and second buck converters. In another aspect, the control circuit is arranged to sense a voltage at the junction, compare the sensed voltage to a first threshold voltage and in response to the sensed voltage being at a voltage lower than the first threshold voltage, the control circuit operates the first buck converter and disables the second buck converter. In yet another aspect, the control circuit is arranged to compare the sensed voltage to a second threshold voltage and in response to the sensed voltage being at a voltage higher than the second threshold voltage, the control circuit operates the second buck converter and disables the first buck converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230198406A1 PHASE MULTIPLEXED SERIES STACKED DC-DC CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2023-06-22
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