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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Linfei Guo, Daly City, CA (US);
Chengwu Tao, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joseph Duncan, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Xiaocheng Jing, San Jose, CA (US);
Amir Parayandeh, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin Philpott, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 1/00 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0009 (2013.01); H02M 2001/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for operating a switched-mode power supply (SMPS). One example method generally includes comparing a signal representative of an amount of current across an inductive element of the SMPS with at least three thresholds, selecting a configuration of the SMPS based on the comparison, and configuring the SMPS based on the selection.