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

Claim 5:
6. 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;
control a flow of current through a series circuit path connecting multiple windings of the multiple power converter phases, wherein the current passes through each of the multiple windings in the series circuit path;
wherein the windings are transformer windings;
wherein the controller is operative to control the current through the series circuit path via switch circuitry disposed in series with the series circuit path connecting the multiple transformer windings; and
wherein setting of the switch circuitry to an open circuit state is operative to decouple operation of the multiple power converter phases with respect to each other.