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Patent Inventor Names
Michael A. Stapleton0
Christopher J. Gass0
Paul J. Harriman0
Ole P. Moyer0
Benjamin M. Rice0
Date of Patent
July 20, 2010
0Patent Application Number
114248440
Date Filed
June 16, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A method for method for inhibiting thermal run-away in a multi-phase power converter at varying load transition rates. A multi-phase power converter having an on-time is provided and the frequency of the multi-phase power converter is adjusted so that a load step period and the on time of the multi-phase power converter are in a temporal relationship. Alternatively, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal. In accordance with another alternative, a load step rate is inhibited from locking onto a phase current of the multi-phase power converter by suspending an oscillator signal and dithering an input signal to the oscillator.
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