This disclosure relates to current flattening circuits for an electrical load. The current flattening circuits incorporate randomize various parameters to add noise onto the supply current. This added noise may act to reduce the signal to noise ratio in the supply current, increasing the difficulty of identifying a computational artifact signal from power rail noise.

This disclosure relates to current flattening circuits for an electrical load. The current flattening circuits incorporate randomize various parameters to add noise onto the supply current. This added noise may act to reduce the signal to noise ratio in the supply current, increasing the difficulty of identifying a computational artifact signal from power rail noise.

The present disclosure describes a power supply switch that includes a voltage generator, a switch circuit, and a confirmation circuit. The voltage generator is configured to compare a first power supply voltage to a second power supply voltage and to output the first power supply voltage or the second power supply voltage as a bulk voltage (V.sub.bulk). The switch circuit includes one or more transistors and is configured to (i) bias bulk terminals of the one or more transistors with the V.sub.bulk and (ii) output either the first power supply voltage or the second power supply voltage as a voltage output signal. The confirmation circuit is configured to output a confirmation signal that indicates whether the voltage output signal transitioned from the first power supply voltage to the second power supply voltage.

An apparatus includes a controller. The controller monitors a magnitude of first current supplied by an output voltage of a first power converter to power a dynamic load. The controller controls a second power converter to supply second current through the dynamic load based on the monitored magnitude of first current.

An apparatus includes a controller. The controller monitors a magnitude of first current supplied by an output voltage of a first power converter to power a dynamic load. The controller controls a second power converter to supply second current through the dynamic load based on the monitored magnitude of first current.

A circuit includes a first circuit that operates at a first-circuit supply voltage value and generates at least one of a first reference voltage value or a second reference voltage value, based on a voltage rated for transistors in a second circuit. The second circuit operates at the first-circuit supply voltage value and receives a first signal and at least one of the first reference voltage value or the second reference voltage value. The first signal is configured to swing between a low voltage value and a high voltage value lower than the first-circuit supply voltage value. The second circuit keeps a voltage across two terminals of a first transistor in the second circuit below the voltage rated for the first transistor, based on the at least one of the first reference voltage value or the second voltage value.

A circuit includes a first circuit that operates at a first-circuit supply voltage value and generates at least one of a first reference voltage value or a second reference voltage value, based on a voltage rated for transistors in a second circuit. The second circuit operates at the first-circuit supply voltage value and receives a first signal and at least one of the first reference voltage value or the second reference voltage value. The first signal is configured to swing between a low voltage value and a high voltage value lower than the first-circuit supply voltage value. The second circuit keeps a voltage across two terminals of a first transistor in the second circuit below the voltage rated for the first transistor, based on the at least one of the first reference voltage value or the second voltage value.

A regenerative gate charging circuit includes an inductor coupled to a gate of a FET. An output control circuit is coupled to a timing control circuit and a bridged inductor driver, which is coupled to the inductor. A sense circuit is coupled to the gate and to the timing control circuit, which receives a control signal, generates output control signals in accordance with a first timing profile, and transmits the output control signals to the output control circuit. In accordance with the first timing profile, the output control circuit holds switches or controllable current sources of the bridged inductor driver in an ON state for a first period and holds the switches or controllable current sources in an OFF state for a second period. Gate voltages are sampled during the second period and after the first period. The timing control circuit generates a second timing profile using the sampled voltages.

A regenerative gate charging circuit includes an inductor coupled to a gate of a FET. An output control circuit is coupled to a timing control circuit and a bridged inductor driver, which is coupled to the inductor. A sense circuit is coupled to the gate and to the timing control circuit, which receives a control signal, generates output control signals in accordance with a first timing profile, and transmits the output control signals to the output control circuit. In accordance with the first timing profile, the output control circuit holds switches or controllable current sources of the bridged inductor driver in an ON state for a first period and holds the switches or controllable current sources in an OFF state for a second period. Gate voltages are sampled during the second period and after the first period. The timing control circuit generates a second timing profile using the sampled voltages.

A DC power supply device includes a booster circuit generating boosted voltage obtained by boosting DC voltage output from a rectifier circuit and applying the boosted voltage to an inverter circuit, a control unit controlling operation of the booster circuit, and a current detection unit detecting current flowing into and from the inverter circuit. The booster circuit includes a charge accumulation unit including first and second capacitors connected in series and first and second switching elements connected in series. The booster circuit includes a switching unit including backflow prevention elements for preventing backflow of charges from the charge accumulation unit and a current detection unit detecting current flowing into and from the booster circuit. The control unit determines whether to continue driving of an electric motor based on each of detection values of the current detection units.