Multiple-output power device, and mobile device using the same

Abstract

A multiple-output power device has a plurality of regulators for outputting regulated voltages; a plurality of power terminals for supplying an input voltage to the respective regulators; and a plurality of output terminals for outputting regulated output voltages from the plurality of regulators to the outside.

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       8 . A multiple-output power device with a plurality of regulators integrated into a single semiconductor integrated circuit from which a plurality of controlled voltages are output, said multiple-output power device comprising: 
 a plurality of output terminals for outputting regulated output voltages from said plurality of regulators to the outside, wherein at least one of said plurality of regulators includes two or more regulators which are not simultaneously controlled as an operating state.    
   
   
       9 . A multiple-output power device with a plurality of regulators integrated into a single semiconductor integrated circuit from which a plurality of controlled voltages are output, said multiple-output power device comprising: 
 a plurality of power terminals, where each of a plurality of power terminals supplies a common input voltage to respective one of said plurality of regulators; and    a plurality of output terminals for outputting regulated output voltages from said plurality of regulators to the outside, wherein    each of said plurality of regulators regulates a voltage input from respective one of said plurality of power terminals by comparing a detection voltage corresponding to an output voltage thereof with a reference voltage so as to output an output voltage, wherein at least one of said plurality of regulators includes two or more regulators which are not simultaneously controlled as an operating state.    
   
   
       10 . The multiple-output power device according to  claim 9 , wherein at least one of said plurality of regulators includes only one regulator, and at least one of the remaining regulator groups includes two or more regulators.  
   
   
       11 . The multiple-output power device according to  claim 8  or  9 , said multiple-output power device includes a controller for individually controlling said plurality of regulators into an operating or suspended state.  
   
   
       12 . The multiple-output power device according to  claim 8  or  9 , said multiple-output power device includes a reference voltage generation circuit for supplying said reference voltage to said plurality of regulators.  
   
   
       13 . The multiple-output power device according to  claim 8  or  9 , wherein input voltages having different voltages are supplied to said plurality of regulators according to the predetermined values of said regulators.