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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2023
Nxp Usa, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Sri Harsh Pakala, Chandler, AZ (US);
Salvadore Frederick Talamo, Queen Creek, AZ (US);
Hungjoong Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Christiaans, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
NXP USA, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
System and methods of fault detection for switched capacitor converters are provided. A system includes a switched capacitor converter and fault detection circuitry. The switched capacitor converter is configured to perform direct current (DC)-to-DC conversion at a predefined conversion ratio and includes a first power stage having first switches and includes first capacitors having first terminals and second terminals. The fault detection circuitry is coupled to second terminals of the first capacitors and is configured to monitor second terminal voltages of the first capacitors and to assert at least one fault signal in response to determining that any of the second terminal voltages indicates a fault during a startup sequence of the switched capacitor converter.