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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/44 (2007.01); H02M 3/157 (2006.01); H01F 27/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/44 (2013.01); H01F 27/402 (2013.01);
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.


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