Patent ID: 11876445
Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. An apparatus comprising:
a controller operative to:
control operation of multiple power converter phases in a voltage regulator, the multiple power converter phases coupled in parallel to convert an input voltage into an output voltage; and
control a flow of current through a series circuit path connecting multiple windings of the multiple power converter phases;
wherein the controller is operative to: i) monitor a magnitude of the current through the series circuit path connecting the multiple windings, and ii) control the flow of the current through the series circuit path based on a magnitude of the monitored current; and
wherein the controller is operative to reduce the flow of current through the series circuit path connecting the multiple power converter phases in response to detecting that the magnitude of the monitored current through the series circuit path is greater than a threshold value.