Silego Technology Inc.

Thomas D Brumett, Jr

Marcelo Martinez

John Othniel McDonald

Ian Chen

Ilbok Lee

An integrated circuit for switching a transistor is disclosed. In some embodiments, an operational amplifier is configured to drive a transistor, and slew rate control circuitry is configured to control the slew rate of the transistor source voltage during turn on. The transistor source voltage is employed as feedback to the operational amplifier to facilitate closed loop control of the transistor source voltage during switching of the transistor.

Gate control circuit

Communicating a power control feedback signal from a system is disclosed. In some embodiments, upon determining how to control input power which may be based at least in part, for example, on an in situ measurement of an operating condition in an operating environment, an appropriate symbol is constructed based upon the determination and is transmitted on a single line. In some embodiments, the single line corresponds to the reference voltage of an associated power supply.

Power management

A serial configuration interface (SCI) used to configure a device is disclosed. A device that support SCI includes a first connector configured to receive a first signal and a second connector configured to receive a second signal. In a configuration mode, the first signal serially selects each of a set of one or more configurable options, and the second signal facilitates selection of a desired setting of a selected configurable option. The device further includes control logic configured to determine when configuration of the device is complete and in response output the received first signal via a third connector of the device.

Serial configuration interface

Communicating a power control feedback signal

Controlling input power is disclosed. In some embodiments, an in situ measurement of an operating condition in an operating environment is compared to a benchmark, and the comparison is used at least in part to determine whether to change input power.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Thomas D Brumett, Jr