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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Vince András Horváth, Budapest, HU;
Tamás Marozsák, Budapest, HU;
Péter Onódy, Budapest, HU;
John Gammel, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a powered device includes a powered device circuit, which may include a maintain power signature (MPS) circuit configured to compare a sense current to a reference current. In a first mode, the MPS circuit may be configured to automatically generate an MPS signal when the sense current is less than the reference current.