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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Skyworks Solutions, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Snaptrack, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Harris Robert Popplewell, Ottawa, CA;
Jakub F. Pingot, Ottawa, CA;
Florinel G. Balteanu, Irvine, CA (US);
Martin Wilson, Caldecote, GB;
Mark Tuckwell, Knebworth, GB;
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC., Woburn, MA (US);
SNAPTRACK, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for bypassing an inductor of a voltage converter are provided. In one embodiment, a voltage converter includes an inductor and a bypass circuit that selectively bypasses the inductor based on a state of a bypass control signal. The inductor includes including a first end electrically connected to a first node and a second end electrically connected to a second node. The bypass circuit includes a first p-type field effect transistor and a second p-type field effect transistor electrically connected in series between the first node and the second node. The first p-type field effect transistor includes a body electrically connected to a first voltage, and the second p-type field effect transistor includes a body electrically connected to a second voltage greater than the first voltage.