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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Volterra Semiconductor Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
David Lidsky, Oakland, CA (US);
Ognjen Djekic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ion Elinor Opris, San Jose, CA (US);
Budong You, Fremont, CA (US);
Anthony J. Stratakos, Berkeley, CA (US);
Alexandr Ikriannikov, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Biljana Beronja, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Trey Roessig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Volterra Semiconductor Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems, devices, circuits, components, mechanisms, and processes in which a switching mechanism can be coupled between components. The switching mechanism is configured to have an on state or an off state, where the on state allows current to pass along a current path. A monitoring mechanism has one or more sensing inputs coupled to sense an electrical characteristic at the current path. The electrical characteristic can be a current, voltage, and/or power by way of example. The monitoring mechanism is configured to output a reporting signal indicating the sensed electrical characteristic. The monitoring mechanism can be integrated with the switching mechanism on a chip.