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US 2026/0149353 A1Published application
Power management with a hybrid circuit architecture
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorsPierre Philippe Calmes, Thomas Mazeaud, Travis Andrew Alexander
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a power module, a power converter, a method, and a computer program for supplying a target amount of power across different power ranges using a hybrid circuit architecture.
Claims21
A power module comprising:
- a second group of power switches different from the first group of power switches;
- and
- obtain a target power value, the target power value corresponding to an amount of power that is to be supplied by the power module;
- determine if the target power value falls within a low, a medium or a high power range, the low power range comprising any power values below a first threshold power value, the medium power range comprising any power values between the first threshold power value and a second threshold power value and the high power range comprising any power values above the second threshold power value;
- control the first group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the low power range;
- control at least one of the first and the second groups of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the medium power range;
- control the second group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the high power range.
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A method performed by a power controller comprising:
- obtaining a target power value, the target power value corresponding to an amount of power that is to be supplied by a first group of power switches and a second group of power switches different from the first group of power switches that are controlled by the power controller;
- determining if the target power value falls within a low, a medium or a high power range, the low power range comprising any power values below a first threshold power value, the medium power range comprising any power values between the first threshold power value and a second threshold power value and the high power range comprising any power values above the second threshold power value;
- controlling the first group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the low power range;
- controlling at least one of the first and the second group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the medium power range;
- and
- controlling the second group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the high power range.
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A non-transient machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a power controller, causes the power controller to:
- obtain a target power value, the target power value corresponding to an amount of power that is to be supplied by the power module;
- determine if the target power value falls within a low, a medium or a high power range, the low power range comprising any power values below a first threshold power value, the medium power range comprising any power values between the first threshold power value and a second threshold power value and the high power range comprising any power values above the second threshold power value;
- control the first group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the low power range;
- control at least one of the first and the second groups of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the medium power range;
- control the second group of power switches if the obtained target power value falls within the high power range.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.