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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. 21, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Ying-Chih Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;

Alan Roth, Leander, TX (US);

Eric Soenen, Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2006.01); G05F 1/59 (2006.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2013.01); G05F 1/59 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H03K 5/24 (2013.01); H02M 1/009 (2021.05);
Abstract

A current balance circuit including a current sensing front end for sensing an output signal from each of a plurality of switching regulators and a current sensor for receiving the sensed output signal and converting the sensed signal into a sensed current signal. The current balance circuit further includes a current averaging circuit for receiving the sensed output signals and determining an average current output for the plurality of switching regulators and a current difference circuit for receiving the average current value and the sensed current signals and determining a current difference for each of the plurality of switching regulators. A calibration circuit is included for receiving the current differences and calculating a calibration value corresponding to each of the plurality of switching regulators which provides an indication of how to adjust a current output of the plurality of switching regulators to balance the current across the plurality of switching regulators.


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