Series stacked phase DC-DC converters with stable operation

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12267013
APP PUB NO 20230057337A1
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17820986

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A power converter circuit is disclosed. In one aspect, the power converter circuit includes a first top buck converter circuit coupled in parallel to a second top buck converter circuit at a first connection node and at a second connection node, and a bottom buck converter circuit coupled in series to each of the first and second top buck converter circuits at the second connection node, a power input terminal coupled to the first and second top buck converter circuits, and a power output terminal coupled to the bottom buck converter circuit and to the first connection node.

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  • EMPOWER SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Feng, Xiaogang Fremont, US 10 24
Nicholson, Richard Aptos, US 21 174

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