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Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025

Filed:

May. 01, 2023
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Inventors:

Stefano Ramorini, Milan, IT;

Giuseppe Calderoni, Catania, IT;

Assignee:

STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/00 (2007.01); H02M 3/158 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 1/0025 (2021.05); H02M 1/007 (2021.05);
Abstract

A multiphase DC-DC converter has two converter arrangements, each with a switching stage that has a switching node, an inductor, a converter output node, a high-side switch, and a low-side switch. Current sensing circuits detect the instantaneous current flowing through either the high-side or low-side switches, and signal time-averaging circuits produce time-averaged signals indicating the average current during a switch conduction interval. The time-averaged signals are added up and re-scaled based on the time period of the switching nodes' electrical coupling to the converter output nodes to generate an output signal for the average output current.


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