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US 11,456,704 B2Granted
Multi-phase power converter system using multiple amplifier integrated circuits
AssigneeCirrus Logic, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Allen May, Eric J. King, Firas Azrai
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a circuit having a power converter and an amplifier, wherein the power converter is configured to generate an intermediate voltage, provide the intermediate voltage as an amplifier supply voltage to the amplifier, and share the intermediate voltage with one or more additional circuits external to the circuit, wherein at least one of the one or more additional circuits is configured to generate the intermediate voltage.
Claims34
A system comprising:
- a circuit having a power converter and an amplifier, wherein the power converter is configured to:
- generate an intermediate voltage;
- provide the intermediate voltage as an amplifier supply voltage to the amplifier;
- and
- share the intermediate voltage with one or more additional circuits external to the circuit, wherein at least one of the one or more additional circuits comprises a second power converter and a second amplifier and the power converter and the second power converter are configured to generate the intermediate voltage for sharing among the amplifier and the second amplifier.
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A method comprising, in a circuit having a power converter and an amplifier:
- generating an intermediate voltage by the power converter;
- providing, by the power converter, the intermediate voltage as an amplifier supply voltage to the amplifier;
- and
- sharing, by the power converter, the intermediate voltage with one or more additional circuits external to the circuit, wherein at least one of the one or more additional circuits comprises a second power converter and a second amplifier and the power converter and the second power converter are configured to generate the intermediate voltage for sharing among the amplifier and the second amplifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.