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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shadi Hawawini, San Jose, CA (US);
Giovanni Garcea, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM, Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2007.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 3/1588 (2013.01); H02M 2001/009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching regulator circuit provides forward mode operation where a voltage provided at an input port can be boosted or bucked to produce a regulated voltage at an output port of the circuit. In accordance with the present disclosure, the switching regulator circuit includes two or more input ports. The switching regulator circuit provides a reverse boost operation in which a voltage provided at the output port of the circuit can be boosted to produce a regulated voltage at both of the input ports of the circuit.