Cosmic Circuits Private Limited

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Texas Instruments Corporation

Cadence Ams Design India Private Limited

Innorel Systems Private Limited

Rupak Ghayal

Prakash Easwaran

Saumitra Singh

Ramnarayanan Ram Muthukaruppan

Pradipta Patra

Hrishikesh Bhagwat

Raghu Chepuri

Amit Premy

Pawan Gupta

Anant Shankar Kamath

Chakravarthy Srinivasan

Raghavendra Rao Haresamudram

Shivaprakash Halagur

Gopal Krishna Nayak

Sameer Raghavendra Joshi

Mithun Guddethota Neelakant

Subhash Yekanath Pai

Venkata Ravindra Kumar Narkedamilli

Venkata S Nittala

Birman Chattopadhyay

Described are apparatuses and methods for power management. The apparatus may include a power gate including a plurality of current sources. The power gate may be coupled to a load. The apparatus may further include a voltage control circuit, coupled to the power gate, to determine and select one or more current sources of the plurality of current sources to supply to the load. The apparatus may further include a current control circuit, coupled to the voltage control circuit, to control individual current sources of the one or more current sources to output a constant current. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Apparatus and method for power management with a two-loop architecture

Some embodiments include apparatuses and method using a first node to receive an input voltage, a second node to provide an output voltage, circuit lanes coupled to the first and second nodes, each of the circuit lanes including switches coupled between the first and second nodes, and a controller to selectively place at least one circuit lane among the circuit lanes in an activated state to cause the at least one circuit lane to control the switches in order to adjust an amount of charge provided from a capacitor network to the output node based on a toggling frequency of a comparator output signal generated based on a comparison between a value of a reference voltage and a value of a feedback voltage generated from a value of the output voltage.

Dynamic capacitor modulated voltage regulator

In a solar panel array, each solar panel in a series-connected string has a current source connected across its output terminals. The current source generates a programmable output current equal to the difference of the load current drawn from the panel and the current corresponding to the maximum power point (MPP) of the panel. As a result, each of the panels in the string is operated at its MPP. When the array contains multiple strings connected in parallel, a voltage source is additionally connected in series with each string. The voltage sources are programmable to generate corresponding output voltages to enable operation of each panel in each of the multiple strings at its MPP. Respective control blocks providing the current sources and voltage sources automatically determine the MPP of the corresponding panels. In an embodiment, the control blocks are implemented as DC-DC converters in conjunction with measurement and communication units.

Harvesting power from DC (direct current) sources

A circuit for sensing load current of a voltage regulator. The circuit includes a power transistor and a mirror transistor. A first transistor sizing circuit is coupled to the power transistor and is operable to control size of the power transistor based on a bias voltage of the power transistor, thereby regulating a first voltage for varying load conditions. The circuit also includes a feedback amplifier coupled to the power transistor and the mirror transistor. A transistor is coupled to the feedback amplifier and the mirror transistor. An analog to digital converter (ADC) is coupled to the transistor. A second transistor sizing circuit is coupled to the mirror transistor, the transistor, and the ADC. The second transistor sizing circuit is responsive to an output voltage to control size of the mirror transistor, thereby ensuring that accuracy of output voltage sensed by ADC is not limited by ADC's resolution.

Circuit for sensing load current of a voltage regulator

In a solar panel array that includes a string of series-connected panels, the load current flowing through the string is measured. The peak current (Ipp) of a panel in the string is determined. A current equal to the difference of the load current and the peak current (Ipp) is generated in a current source connected across the output terminals of the panel. The panel is thereby operated at its maximum power point (MPP). To determine the peak current (Ipp) of the panel, the magnitude of current flowing through the panel is iteratively changed and the corresponding power generated by the panel is computed. The change in the current through the panel and the measurement of the corresponding power are repeated until a maximum power is determined as being generated by the panel. The maximum power corresponds to the maximum power point (MPP) and the peak current (Ipp) of the panel.

Operating direct current (DC) power sources in an array for enhanced efficiency

A transient recovery circuit for switching devices. The transient recovery circuit includes a detecting circuit for detecting a rapid transient in an output voltage of a switching device by detecting a rate of the output voltage transient; an auxiliary controlling circuit in a feedback loop of the switching device for correcting the output voltage by changing a bandwidth of the feedback loop if the rapid transient is detected; and an initializing circuit for initializing the feedback loop to expected operating points in a continuous conduction mode after correcting the output voltage.

Transient recovery circuit for switching devices

Efficient switch cascode architecture for switching devices, such as switching regulators. The cascode architecture includes a switching stage responsive to an external driver signal for switching transitions, and a bias generator operative to bias the cascode transistor of the switching stage to protect the switching stage from damage during the switching transitions.

Efficient switch cascode architecture for switching devices

Single inductor multiple output (SIMO) switching devices with efficient regulating circuits. The SIMO switching device includes a plurality of time division multiplexing (TDM) switches for switching current through an inductor of the SIMO switching device. The plurality of TDM switches produces a plurality of outputs. The SIMO switching device further includes an error calculation circuit operatively coupled to the plurality of outputs for determining a calculated error from the plurality of outputs; a time slot generation circuit for controlling the plurality of TDM switches according to the calculated error; and a pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit operatively coupled to the time slot generation circuit for controlling a plurality of PWM switches of a switching stage of the SIMO switching device in a continuous conduction mode (CCM) of operation. The PWM switches are controlled according to the time slots generated by the time slot generation circuit.

Single inductor multiple output switching devices

Various systems and methods for drift compensation are disclosed. As one example, a system for compensating drift in a control circuit is disclosed that includes at least two control signals. One of the control signals is provided by a circuit that is susceptible to drift. This control signal is provided both to a systems or device under control, and to a detection circuit. The detection circuit is operable to detect a drift in the control signal. In addition, the detection circuit provides another control signal that varies as a function of the drift in the received control signal.

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