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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fenardi Thenus, Portland, OR (US);
Peng Zou, Tumwater, WA (US);
Joseph T. Dibene, II, Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/46 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/468 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments described herein, proposed schemes utilize a duty-cycle sensing technique to detect load current imbalance in each individual inductor, and then adjusts the duty cycles for the specific phases through a digital duty cycle tuner.