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ZAFARANA ALESSANDRO
IT37 patents
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ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL
18 patentsUS6583608B2Jun 24, 2003
Voltage/current controller device, particularly for interleaving switching regulators
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL63 citations95
US7956590B2Jun 7, 2011
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL11 citations90
US6346801B1Feb 12, 2002
Method and an associated device for controlling a DC-DC converter based upon an iterative procedure
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL33 citations86
US8044645B2Oct 25, 2011
Multi-phase voltage regulator
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL18 citations83
US7000122B2Feb 14, 2006
Managing system and synchronization method for a plurality of VRM-type modules
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL13 citations83
US9454215B2Sep 27, 2016
Power management architecture based on microprocessor architecture with embedded and external non-volatile memory
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL3 citations73
US6628110B2Sep 30, 2003
Voltage/current controller device, particularly for interleaving switching regulators
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL11 citations73
US7960956B2Jun 14, 2011
Controller for DC-DC converters with bypass compensation
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL5 citations63
US7885088B2Feb 8, 2011
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL2 citations60
US7221135B2May 22, 2007
Method for regulating the time constant matching in DC/DC converters
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL2 citations59
US9780649B2Oct 3, 2017
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations51
US9317047B2Apr 19, 2016
Adaptive reactivation of phases deactivated by phase-shedding in multi-phase voltage regulators
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL1 citations51
US9467042B2Oct 11, 2016
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations50
US8368371B2Feb 5, 2013
Method for controlling an interleaving multiphase converter and corresponding controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL1 citations50
US7541789B2Jun 2, 2009
Common sharing bus control circuit for signal regulation modules
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations50
US7486054B2Feb 3, 2009
Method for generating a reading signal of a sense element comprised into at least a phase of a multiphase controller
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations44
US7411428B2Aug 12, 2008
Multisense-adaptive reading circuit, particularly for interleaved DC-DC converters and corresponding reading method
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations42
US10164542B2Dec 25, 2018
Electronic converter, and corresponding method for designing a magnetic component
ST MICROELECTRONICS SRL0 citations41
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC
14 patentsUS11349401B1May 31, 2022
Method and system of a power converter with secondary side active clamp
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC12 citations86
US11228248B1Jan 18, 2022
Multiphase controller with failure diagnostic mechanism
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC13 citations86
US10658937B1May 19, 2020
Controller for closed loop control of a DCX converter and method therefor
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC13 citations86
US11750099B2Sep 5, 2023
Method and system of a quasi-constant on-time controller
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC2 citations73
US11626796B2Apr 11, 2023
Multiphase power converter with CLC resonant circuit
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC2 citations73
US11563369B2Jan 24, 2023
Transmitting power stage parameters from a voltage regulator to power stages
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC2 citations73
US10439493B1Oct 8, 2019
Methods and systems of operating a resonant dickson converter
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC3 citations73
US12218584B2Feb 4, 2025
Multiphase power converter with CLC resonant circuit
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC0 citations62
US12149175B2Nov 19, 2024
Body brake control for multistage power converter
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC0 citations62
US11881787B2Jan 23, 2024
Method and system of a power converter with secondary side active clamp
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC1 citations62
US11502605B2Nov 15, 2022
Method and system of a quasi-constant on-time controller
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC1 citations62
US12470140B2Nov 11, 2025
Voltage scaling current limit for mulistage power converter
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC0 citations61
US12368366B2Jul 22, 2025
Methods and systems of current sensing in switching power converters
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC0 citations51
US12326478B2Jun 10, 2025
Multiphase trans-inductor voltage regulator fault diagnostic
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS IND LLC0 citations51
ZAFARANA ALESSANDRO
3 patentsUS8305062B2Nov 6, 2012
Method for controlling a voltage regulator, in particular a converter of the multiphase interleaving type and corresponding controller
ZAFARANA ALESSANDRO3 citations57
US8476884B2Jul 2, 2013
Method for controlling a multiphase interleaving converter and corresponding controller
ZAFARANA ALESSANDRO0 citations48
US8878503B2Nov 4, 2014
Voltage regulator with compensation to inhibit undershoot
ZAFARANA ALESSANDRO0 citations39