Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods for bypassing an inductor of a voltage converter
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Application No.: US14919984Application Date: 2015-10-22
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Publication No.: US09673707B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Peter Harris Robert Popplewell , Jakub F. Pingot , Florinel G. Balteanu , Martin Wilson , Mark Tuckwell
- Applicant: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. , SNAPTRACK, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn US CA San Diego
- Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.,SNAPTRACK, INC.
- Current Assignee: SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.,SNAPTRACK, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn US CA San Diego
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: H03F3/04
- IPC: H03F3/04 ; H02M3/158 ; H03F1/02 ; H03F3/19 ; H02M3/156 ; H03F3/195 ; H03F3/193 ; H03F3/21

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for bypassing an inductor of a voltage converter are provided. In one embodiment, a voltage converter includes an inductor and a bypass circuit that selectively bypasses the inductor based on a state of a bypass control signal. The inductor includes including a first end electrically connected to a first node and a second end electrically connected to a second node. The bypass circuit includes a first p-type field effect transistor and a second p-type field effect transistor electrically connected in series between the first node and the second node. The first p-type field effect transistor includes a body electrically connected to a first voltage, and the second p-type field effect transistor includes a body electrically connected to a second voltage greater than the first voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160043644A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BYPASSING AN INDUCTOR OF A VOLTAGE CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2016-02-11
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