Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current-monitor circuit for voltage regulator in system-on-chip
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Application No.: US17672361Application Date: 2022-02-15
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Publication No.: US12158768B2Publication Date: 2024-12-03
- Inventor: Toby Balsom , Jeroen Kuenen , Vikram Chaturvedi
- Applicant: Qorvo US, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NC Greensboro
- Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Greensboro
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: G05F1/565
- IPC: G05F1/565 ; G05F1/575

Abstract:
The present disclosure describes a system-on-chip (SoC) including a built-in self-test (BIST) block, a low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulator with a pass metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), and a current-monitor circuit with a sensing MOSFET, a tuning MOSFET, a sensing resistor, and a tuning resistor. Herein, both the pass MOSFET and the sensing MOSFET receive an input voltage, and a gate of the pass MOSFET is coupled to a gate of the sensing MOSFET. The sensing MOSFET, the tuning MOSFET, and the sensing resistor are connected in series between the input voltage and ground, and the tuning resistor is coupled between a gate of the tuning MOSFET and ground. The BIST block is configured to tune a current through the tuning resistor so as to adjust a voltage at a connection point of the sensing MOSFET and the tuning MOSFET.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230185321A1 CURRENT-MONITOR CIRCUIT FOR VOLTAGE REGULATOR IN SYSTEM-ON-CHIP Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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