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Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Jonathan F. Bolus, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/25 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/25 (2013.01); H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05);
Abstract

A circuit and method for current sensing in DC-DC converters having coupled inductors is disclosed. A DC-DC converter includes a first and second inductors coupled to first and second switching nodes, respectively. The DC-DC converter further includes a current sensing circuit. The current sensing circuit includes a first current sensing circuit coupled to the first switching node and having a first sense node, and further includes a second sensing circuit coupled to the second switching node and having a second sense node. The circuit further includes a first capacitor coupled between the first sensing circuit and the second sensing circuit.


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