Patent ID: 8008901

Claim:
A regulated power supply comprising: a first regulator having an output configured to be coupled to a load and supply current to the load during a first phase; a second regulator having an output configured to be coupled to the load and supply current to the load during a second phase; a first current share circuit configured to be coupled to the load adapted to determine a first average current provided to the load during the first phase; a second current share circuit configured to be coupled to the load adapted to determine a second average current provided to the load during the second phase; circuitry in each of said first and second current share circuits adapted to determine an overall average current to be shared by the regulators; and compare circuits in each of said first and second current share circuits adapted to compare each of the first and second average currents provided to the load during each of the first and second phases, respectively, with the overall average current to be shared by the regulators.