US 12,237,758 B2
Current information sharing of constant-on-time point-of-load converters
Vinit Jayaraj, Santa Clara, CA (US); Omeshwar Suryakant Lawange, San Jose, CA (US); and Mir Mohammad Navidi, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to MAXLINEAR, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed by MAXLINEAR, INC., Carlsbad, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/050,018.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/263,154, filed on Oct. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0135595 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H02M 3/158 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02M 1/0025 (2021.05) [H02M 1/0009 (2021.05); H02M 3/158 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-phase constant-on-time (COT) system, the system comprising:
a first point-of-load converter configured to provide a first current;
a second point-of-load converter configured to provide a second current; and
a bus configured to exchange information between the first point-of-load converter and the second point-of-load converter,
wherein the information includes a first digital data from the first point-of-load converter and a second digital data from the second point-of-load converter, the first digital data including a first value associated with the first current, the second digital data including a second value associated with the second current,
wherein the first digital data includes a third value and the second digital data includes a fourth value, and
wherein the first point-of-load converter and the second point-of-load converter alternately provide the first current and the second current based on the third value and the fourth value.