A system is disclosed. The system includes a substrate, and a first chip on the substrate, where a load circuit is integrated on the first chip. The system also includes a second chip on the substrate, where a power delivery circuit is configured to deliver current to the load circuit according to a regulated voltage at a node. The power delivery circuit includes a first circuit configured to generate an error signal based at least in part on the regulated voltage, and a voltage generator including power switches configured to modify the regulated voltage according to the error signal, where the first circuit of the power delivery circuit is integrated on the first chip, and where at least a portion of the power switches of the power delivery circuit are integrated on the second chip.

A preprocessing circuit for a comparator has a high voltage selection circuit, a first constant voltage circuit, a second constant voltage circuit, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The high voltage selection circuit receives a first voltage and a second voltage, and provides a selected voltage. The first constant voltage circuit provides a first clamping voltage based on the selected voltage, and the second constant voltage circuit provides a second clamping voltage based on the selected voltage. The first transistor receives the first voltage and the first clamping voltage, and provides a first comparison voltage to a first comparison terminal of the comparator. The second transistor receives the second voltage and the second clamping voltage, and provides a second comparison voltage to a second comparison terminal of the comparator.

A multi-level converter comprises one or more flying capacitors configured to operate at balanced voltages. The multi-level converter comprises a plurality of switching groups comprising pairs of switches operable to transfer energy to and from an inductor and the one or more flying capacitors for inverting an input voltage to an inverted output voltage. The multi-level converter comprises the inductor configured to operate according to an inductor frequency greater than a switching frequency used to control the plurality of switching groups.

An electric power supplying device including: a first sensing section that senses a first output current from a first DCDC converter provided between a high-voltage system and an auxiliary device system; a second sensing section that senses a second output current from a second DCDC converter provided between the high-voltage system and the auxiliary device system; a third sensing section that senses a third output current from an auxiliary device battery connected to the auxiliary device system; and a control section that controls output of the second DCDC converter on the basis of results of sensing of output currents by the first sensing section, the second sensing section and the third sensing section.

The present disclosure provides for sequentially turning on a plurality of power conversion modules according to the magnitude of load power at the time of driving the power conversion modules, operating power conversion modules which have already been turned on in an optimum efficiency interval, and providing increased load power through a power conversion module which has been newly turned on.

A system including a controller and a plurality of power stages is described. The system can include a communication interface, the plurality of power stages, and a controller connected to the plurality of power stages through the communication interface. The controller can generate a data packet including a command encoding a task and an address identifying at least one power stage among the plurality of power stages. The controller can send the data packet to the plurality of power stages through the communication interface. Each power stage among the plurality of power stages can receive the data packet through the communication interface, compare the address in the data packet with an address assigned to the power stage, determine whether to perform the task based on a result of the comparison between the address in the data packet with an address assigned to the power stage.

Methods and systems for operating a voltage regulator are described. An apparatus may receive a feedback signal from a power stage. The feedback signal may be one of a sensed signal measured from an output of the power stage and a calibration signal representing a fixed voltage. The apparatus may convert the feedback signal into a correction signal. The apparatus may further adjust a synthetic current using the correction signal, the synthetic current being associated with the power stage.

The present disclosure provides for a hybrid DC-DC, Hybrid Variable Switched Capacitor (HVSC) power converter. The converter may include one or more power switching networks supporting a plurality of power conversion modes and characterised in that: an input terminal connected to an input power source and an associated input capacitance, an output terminal connected to a load and an associated output capacitance to obtain a desired output voltage or output load current regulation; and at least six switches, one or more inductors and one or more flying capacitors. The converter addresses the problems faced by inductor-based and inductor-less DC-DC power converters while providing higher power conversion efficiencies alike the inductor-less switched capacitor converters and voltage/current regulation alike the inductor-based power converters in a single power conversion unit and enable a duty cycle-based output voltage/current regulation.

Methods and systems for performing current sense compensation for one or more power stages in a multiphase voltage regulator are described. A controller can be connected to a plurality of power stages through a communication interface. The controller can generate a data packet including a command to obtain temperature information and an address that identifies a specific power stage among the plurality of power stages. The controller can send the data packet to the plurality of power stages using the communication interface. The controller can receive temperature information of the specific power stage from the specific power stage through the communication interface. The controller can compensate a sensed current of the specific power stage based on the received temperature information of the specific power stage.

The disclosure provides a system of providing power to a chip on a mainboard, including: a first power supply, located on the mainboard, and configured to receive a first voltage and to provide a second voltage; and a second power supply and a third power supply, located on the mainboard, wherein the second power supply and the third power supply are electrically connected to the first power supply; so as to receive the second voltage, the second power supply is disposed at a first side of the chip, the third power supply is disposed at a second side of the chip, the second power supply provides a third voltage to the chip, and the third power supply provides a fourth voltage to the chip.