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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2019
Applicant:

Ferric Inc., New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Noah Sturcken, New York, NY (US);

Joseph Meyer, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Michael Lekas, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Ryan Davies, New York, NY (US);

David Jew, New York, NY (US);

William Lee, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

Ferric Inc., New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01F 27/24 (2006.01); H01F 27/28 (2006.01); H01F 41/02 (2006.01); H01F 41/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/16 (2006.01); H02M 3/00 (2006.01); H01F 17/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/03 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H01F 17/0006 (2013.01); H01F 27/24 (2013.01); H01F 27/2804 (2013.01); H01F 41/02 (2013.01); H01F 41/041 (2013.01); H02M 3/00 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H05K 1/0298 (2013.01); H05K 1/115 (2013.01); H05K 1/165 (2013.01); H01F 2017/0086 (2013.01); H02M 1/0032 (2021.05); H02M 1/0054 (2021.05); H05K 1/0233 (2013.01); H05K 1/0306 (2013.01); H05K 2201/086 (2013.01); H05K 2201/0929 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1003 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract

A switched inductor DC-DC power converter chiplet includes a CMOS power switch, an LC filter, regulation circuitry, feedback control circuitry, and interface control circuitry integrated on a common substrate. The inductor for the LC filter can be formed on the same surface or on opposing surfaces of the substrate as the electrical terminations for the substrate. Another embodiment includes a switched inductor DC-DC power converter chiplet having a first powertrain phase and multiple second powertrain phases. When the load current is less than or equal to a threshold load current, the power conversion efficiency can be improved by only operating the first powertrain phase. When the load current is greater than the threshold load current, the power conversion efficiency can be improved by operating one or more second powertrain phases.


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