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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2021
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Chiahsin Chang, Cupertina, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/088 (2006.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H03K 5/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1586 (2021.05); H02M 1/0003 (2021.05); H02M 1/0043 (2021.05); H02M 1/088 (2013.01); H02M 1/327 (2021.05); H03K 5/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-phase voltage converter has a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs), and a controller. Each IC has a control pin to receive a control signal, a monitoring pin and a temperature sensing circuit, the controller has a monitoring pin connected to the monitoring pin of each of the plurality of ICs to receive a monitoring signal. The temperature sensing circuit is connected to or disconnected from the monitoring pin of the corresponding one of the plurality of ICs in response to the control signal and the monitoring signal.