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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Chiahsin Chang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Chao Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Nguyen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Francis Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Huichun Dai, Hangzhou, CN;
Fangyu Zhang, Hangzhou, CN;
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
A multi-phase voltage converter has a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs), and a controller. Each IC has a power switch, a monitoring pin and a current sense pin. The power switch is controlled to convert an input voltage to an output voltage. The current sense pin is capable of providing a current sense signal representative of a current flowing through the power switch. The controller is capable of providing a clock signal via the monitoring pin, and provides a plurality of data signals via the current sense pin of the plurality of ICs. Each of the plurality of ICs is assigned an identification code based on the clock signal and one of the plurality of data signals.