Method and apparatus for current/power balancing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9584116
APP PUB NO 20160352330A1
SERIAL NO

15009867

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Aspects of the disclosure provide a power circuit that includes a first switch circuit in parallel with a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit and the second switch circuit are coupled to a first driving node, a second driving node, a source node and a drain node via interconnections. The power circuit receives a control signal between the first driving node and the second driving node to control a current flowing from the drain node to the source node through the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit. In the power circuit, a first interconnection and a second interconnection of the interconnections are inductively coupled to balance the current flowing through the first switch circuit and the second switch circuit.

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  • TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA;VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mao, Yincan Blacksburg, US 9 18
Miao, Zichen Blacksburg, US 7 22
Ngo, Khai Blacksburg, US 11 85
Wang, Chi-Ming Ann Arbor, US 74 2100

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