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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2016
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey L. Sonntag, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy J. Dupuis, Austin, TX (US);
Jinwen Xiao, Austin, TX (US);
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A calibration current load is selectively coupled to an output of a pulse frequency modulated (PFM) DC-DC converter during a calibration operation to increase charge supplied from a battery supplying an input voltage to the converter. A voltage across a sense resistor in series with the battery is integrated during a measurement interval while the calibration current load is coupled to the output. A charge drawn per pulse from the battery is determined based on the sense resistor, the integrated voltage and the number of pulses during the measurement interval. Alternatively, a first PFM frequency is determined with a first calibration current load coupled to the converter output. A second PFM frequency is determined with a second calibration current load. The charge drawn per pulse from the battery is determined based on the first and second PFM frequencies and the first and second calibration current loads.