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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Aaron M. Schultz, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Burstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Biljana Beronja, Mountain View, CA (US);
Aaron M. Schultz, San Jose, CA (US);
Andy Burstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Biljana Beronja, Mountain View, CA (US);
Volterra Semiconductor Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A voltage regulator coupled to an unregulated DC input voltage source by an input terminal, and to a load by an output terminal is disclosed. The voltage regulator converts an input voltage at the input terminal to an output voltage at the output terminal. The voltage regulator includes one or more slaves, and each slave includes a switching circuit. During each switching period of the switching circuit, the current for the slave is checked; namely, after the beginning of a low-side conduction period, and before the beginning of a high-side conduction period.