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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2008
Kisun Lee, Tempe, AZ (US);
Kisun Lee, Tempe, AZ (US);
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
A multi-phase power converter and a method for balancing a plurality of currents in the multi-phase power converter. The multi-phase power converter has a pulse width modulation circuit, a current ordering circuit, and a plurality of currents, wherein each current of the plurality of currents has an associated phase. The converter determines the phase associated with one or more currents of a plurality of currents and whether a phase associated with one or more currents of the plurality of currents is active. The current levels of the plurality of currents are determined and a phase associated with a current having one of a lowest current level or a highest current level is activated.