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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 09, 2017
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A regulator circuit comprises: a regulator output node; at least (N+1) regulator control circuits, N being an integer greater than 1; N drivers, each one of the N drivers including: a multiplexer having an input port and an output port, the input port of the multiplexer being coupled with output nodes of the at least (N+1) regulator control circuits; an adjuster circuit configured to adjust a level of a current supplied by the driver to the regulator output node; and a task controller. The task controller is configured to: set a first one of the N+1 regulator control circuits to be idle during a first cycle of a clock signal; and set a second one of the N+1 regulator control circuits to be idle during a second cycle of the clock signal.