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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Sehat Sutardja, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Runsheng He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jiancheng Zhang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sehat Sutardja, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Runsheng He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jiancheng Zhang, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A method of reducing switching losses in a switch array for an output regulator, the switch array to convert energy from an input source to a regulated output of the output regulator, the switch array including at least two power switches, includes determining an expected current flowing through the switch array during a next switching cycle, at a sampling rate, determining expected power losses of the switch array based on the expected current, determining a combination of the power switches to enable that minimizes the expected power losses, and enabling the combination of power switches.