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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
George E. Matthew, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Gerhard Schrom, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Alexander Lyakhov, Portland, OR (US);
Rachid E. Rayess, Hudson, MA (US);
Anant S. Deval, Portland, OR (US);
Sergio Carlo Rodriguez, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Pushkar Dixit, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided which comprises: at least two switches in series between an input voltage node and a ground terminal; an inductor coupled between a mid-point of the at least two switches and an output terminal; a first circuitry to compare a current through the inductor with a threshold current, and to control one or both of the at least two switches, based at least in part on the comparison; and a second circuitry to randomly vary the threshold current over consecutive cycles of switching of the at least two switches.