Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Interrupt based multiplexed current limit circuit
- Patent Title (中): 基于中断的多路复用电流限制电路
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Application No.: US12114693Application Date: 2008-05-02
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Publication No.: US07696912B2Publication Date: 2010-04-13
- Inventor: Dimitry Goder , Zongqi Hu , Kendra Nguyen
- Applicant: Dimitry Goder , Zongqi Hu , Kendra Nguyen
- Applicant Address: US CA Fremont
- Assignee: Exar Corporation
- Current Assignee: Exar Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Fremont
- Agency: Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
- Main IPC: H03M1/00
- IPC: H03M1/00

Abstract:
A switching voltage regulator includes, in part, N output stages, a loop ADC, a multiplexer, a current ADC, and an interrupt block. The loop analog-to-digital converter receives the N output voltages each of which is associated with one of N channels. The loop ADC is adapted to vary a duty cycle of N signals each applied to one of the N output stages that generate the N output voltages. The interrupt block is adapted to enable the multiplexer to couple an output stage to the current ADC if a difference between voltages sensed at an output stage during at least two sampling times exceeds a predefined threshold value. The interrupt block may also be adapted to enable the multiplexer to couple an output stage to the current ADC block if a difference between a voltage sensed at the output stage and a reference voltage exceeds a predefined threshold value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090273498A1 INTERRUPT BASED MULTIPLEXED CURRENT LIMIT CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2009-11-05
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