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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nuno M Nogueira Dias, Swindon, GB;
Carlos Andre Faria Calisto, Swindon, GB;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein correspond to voltage regulator operations that enable voltage regulation even while an inductor current of the voltage regulator approaches or is at 0 amps (A). A voltage regulator may be operated in a three-level (3L) mode until a capacitor voltage is detected as out of regulation. The voltage regulator may be operated in a two-level (2L) mode to enable auxiliary circuitry to adjust the capacitor voltage back into regulation without adjusting a current supplied to a load. While the capacitor voltage is in regulation, the voltage regulator may operate in the 3L mode. The voltage regulator operations described herein enable continuous conduction operations near zero, which may reduce or eliminate a likelihood of switching harmonics being introduced as noise into power supplied from the voltage regulator.
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