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Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Terry J. Groom, Rio Vista, TX (US);

Daibashish Gangopadhyay, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure describes a system with a voltage regulator, a current source circuit, and a control circuit. The voltage regulator has an output node and is configured to provide a supply voltage at the output node. The current source circuit is configured to draw current away from the voltage regulator's output node. And, the control circuit is configured to delay enabling the current source circuit in response to a voltage at the voltage regulator's output node being above a predetermined voltage level and the voltage regulator being disabled. With this arrangement, a voltage ripple at the voltage regulator's output node can be reduced in the presence of a bi-polar load current, which can be advantageous in voltage regulator designs (e.g., in DC-DC converters employing a Pulse Frequency Modulation scheme).


Find Patent Forward Citations

Groom, Terry. (2025). Switching voltage regulator with bi-polar load regulation (U.S. Patent No. 12355352). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12355352

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