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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Applicant:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xin Zhou, Nashua, NH (US);
Justin Michael Burkhart, Bolton, MA (US);
Michael Warren Baker, Arlington, MA (US);
Brett A. Miwa, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/36 (2007.01); H02M 3/155 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 1/36 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0064 (2013.01); H02M 2003/1552 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for discontinuous conduction mode operation of a multi-phase DC-to-DC converter includes (a) forward biasing a first inductor being magnetically coupled to a second inductor, (b) reverse biasing the first inductor after forward biasing the first inductor, (c) while reverse biasing the first inductor and before magnitude of current through the first inductor falls to zero, forward biasing the second inductor.