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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2011
Robert Deuchars, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jean-christophe Berchtold, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph Hubert Colles, Bonsall, CA (US);
David Zimlich, San Diego, CA (US);
Chris Levesque, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
William David Southcombe, San Diego, CA (US);
David E. Jones, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Scott Yoder, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Terry J. Stockert, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Robert Deuchars, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jean-Christophe Berchtold, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph Hubert Colles, Bonsall, CA (US);
David Zimlich, San Diego, CA (US);
Chris Levesque, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
William David Southcombe, San Diego, CA (US);
David E. Jones, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Scott Yoder, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Terry J. Stockert, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
RF Micro Devices, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A direct current (DC)-DC converter having a DC-DC converter semiconductor die and an alpha flying capacitive element is disclosed. The DC-DC converter semiconductor die includes a first series alpha switching element, a second series alpha switching element, a first alpha flying capacitor connection node, which is about over the second series alpha switching element, and a second alpha flying capacitor connection node, which is about over the first series alpha switching element. The alpha flying capacitive element is electrically coupled between the first alpha flying capacitor connection node and the second alpha flying capacitor connection node. By locating the first alpha flying capacitor connection node and the second alpha flying capacitor connection node about over the second series alpha switching element and the first series alpha switching element, respectively, lengths of transient current paths may be minimized, thereby reducing noise and potential interference.