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Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2018
Applicant:

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Armando Presti, Acireale, IT;

Antonio Magazzu, Messina, IT;

Sean Philip Gold, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Filippo Guagliardo, San Jose, CA (US);

Issac Siavashani, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Henry Dinh, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/33569 (2013.01); H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A DC-to-DC converter controller configured to generate phase control signals to control a plurality of power stages of a DC-to-DC converter where each power stage includes two phases. The DC-to-DC converter controller is configured to generate the phase control signals in a manner which (a) balances magnitude of current processed among the two phases of each power stage and (b) balances magnitude of current processed among the plurality of power stages.


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