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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 02, 2018
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Adrianus Bink, Oslo, NO;
Wajid Hassan Minhass, Oslo, NO;
Pio Balmelli, Arogno, CH;
Ricky Setiawan, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 3/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes: a voltage regulator to receive a first voltage and regulate the first voltage to output a regulated voltage; a first logic circuit to operate using the regulated voltage; and a regulator control circuit to receive a control signal during a boot of the integrated circuit via a general purpose pad of the integrated circuit and control the voltage regulator to operate in one of an enabled mode and a bypass mode based at least in part on the control signal.