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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stephan Henzler, Munich, DE;
Wenjian Wang, Neubiberg, DE;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/30 (2006.01); H03F 1/02 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H03F 3/195 (2006.01); H03F 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F 1/0227 (2013.01); H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H03F 3/195 (2013.01); H03F 3/245 (2013.01); H03F 2200/102 (2013.01); H03F 2200/432 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H03F 2200/78 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a low-side switch; at least two high-side switches coupled to the low-side switch; a supply boost circuitry coupled to one of the at least two high-side switches; and a high-side switch selection circuit which is operable to enable one of the at least two high-side switches according to a relative difference between a signal and a threshold.