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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Robert S. Brandt, II, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Bruno W. Garlepp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ke Yun, San Jose, CA (US);
Navin Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);
Jafar Savoj, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A universally-designed control circuit for communicating with multiple types of sensors is disclosed. For example, a control circuit may communicate with either ring oscillator-based sensors or BJT-based sensors based on programming implemented in the control circuit. The control circuit may include programmable communication protocol circuits for communicating with the sensors and conversion circuits that convert a particular type of sensor data packet into a generic format. The generic format sensor data may then be utilized by a power management unit or other device to control operation of an integrated circuit.