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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
InHwan Oh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Manisha P. Pandya, Saratoga, CA (US);
Behzad Mohtashemi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 1/083 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power converter includes a buck converter with a low-side switch. During a discharge mode, current passes through the low-side switch to form a current loop. The low-side switch is typically closed synchronously with the opening of a high-side switch coupled to an input voltage level to the buck converter. The power converter also includes a high-side controller and a low-side controller, which together are configured to adjust the timing of the operation mode of the high-side controller between a storage mode and the discharge mode.