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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
James K Koch, Rocklin, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An N-phase power converter uses a ring oscillator to generate a series of switching signals having substantially equally distributed phase relationships with respect to one another. The ring oscillator is formed from an alternating string of inverters and RC networks with the voltage over each capacitor of each RC network provided to a phase comparator. The phase comparators shape a saw-tooth waveform present over each capacitor into a pulse-width-modulated switching signal that drive switches which alternately charge and discharge inductors. One terminal of each inductor is coupled to common node at which the converter output voltage is provided. A feedback unit generates a feedback signal is used to vary the pulse width of the switching signals.