Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of switching a PWM multi-phase voltage converter
- Patent Title (中): PWM多相电压转换器的切换方法
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Application No.: US12797212Application Date: 2010-06-09
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Publication No.: US08258769B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Osvaldo Enrico Zambetti , Daniele Giorgetti
- Applicant: Osvaldo Enrico Zambetti , Daniele Giorgetti
- Applicant Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MI)
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.R.L.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Agrate Brianza (MI)
- Agency: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.
- Priority: ITVA2009A0034 20090610
- Main IPC: G05F1/40
- IPC: G05F1/40 ; G05F1/44 ; G05F1/56

Abstract:
A circuit may generate a clock signal with a variable period given by a ratio between an initial switching period and a number of phase circuits through which a current of a multi-phase PWM voltage converter flows. The circuit may include an adjustable current generator driven by a signal representing the number of phase circuits through which the current flows and configured to generate a current proportional to the number of phase circuits through which the current flows, and a tank capacitor charged by the adjustable current generator. The circuit may include a comparator of a voltage on the tank capacitor with a threshold value configured to generate a pulse of the clock signal when the threshold value is attained, and a discharge path of the tank capacitor, the discharge path being enabled during the pulses of the clock signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100315052A1 METHOD OF SWITCHING A PWM MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2010-12-16
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