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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Wenkai Wu, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Nai-chi Lee, Exeter, RI (US);
George Schuellein, Narragansett, RI (US);
Inventors:
Wenkai Wu, East Greenwich, RI (US);
Nai-chi Lee, Exeter, RI (US);
George Schuellein, Narragansett, RI (US);
Assignee:
International Rectifier Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/59 (2006.01); G05F 1/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multi-phase converter comprising 2N+1 inductors; and 2N+1 switching converters parallel connected and each including a switched node; wherein N is an even integer, a pair of said inductors are coupled and wound about a common core and each said coupled inductor is connected at one pole thereof to a respective switched node and at another pole thereof to an output node, and at least one of said inductors is uncoupled from the other inductors.