Highly scalable multiphase power supply with constant on-time DC-DC converters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9912240
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15288941

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A multiphase power supply includes several constant ON-time (COT) DC-DC converter integrated circuits (ICs). One of the COT DC-DC converter ICs generates a synchronization signal, which is received in parallel by the other COT DC-DC converter ICs. Two or more COT DC-DC converter ICs are turned ON at the same time in synchronization with the synchronization signal (e.g., an edge of a pulse of the synchronization signal) that is received in parallel and with another synchronization signal that is propagated from one COT DC-DC converter IC to another.

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MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC79 GREAT OAKS BLVD SAN JOSE CA 95119

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Nguyen, James San Jose, US 31 173
Zhou, Jinghai Cupertino, US 32 555

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