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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Applicant:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 1/0043 (2021.05); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 1/327 (2021.05);
Abstract
A multi-phase voltage converter has a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs), and a controller. Each IC has a temperature report pin and a temperature sensing circuit, the controller has a temperature input pin connected to the temperature report pin of each of the plurality of ICs. The controller provides an acquiring command via the temperature input pin to all of the ICs. The acquiring command is capable of selecting one of the plurality of ICs to report an individual temperature.