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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Reed Semiconductor Corporation, Warwick, RI (US);
Inventor:
Wenkai Wu, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Assignee:
Reed Semiconductor Corporation, Warwick, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); H02M 1/0032 (2021.05); H02M 1/0045 (2021.05); H02M 3/1586 (2021.05);
Abstract
A method for boosting light load efficiency for multiphase converters through disabling at least partially a current sense circuit, disabling partial equivalent elements of one of power stages, using small size equivalent element for one of power stages, and through utilizing higher inductance, compared to other regular phases, to reduce RMS current.