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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2023
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Shruti Hanumanthaiah, Bangalore, IN;
Vinayakumar Prakash Mallapur, Belgaum, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a first printed circuit board (PCB) supporting a master subsystem including a master power management integrated circuit (PMIC) coupled to a master processor via a first local interface. The apparatus also comprises a second PCB supporting a slave subsystem including a slave PMIC coupled to a slave processor via a second local interface. The apparatus further comprises a first bi-directional control interface coupling the master processor to the master PMIC and to the slave PMIC. The first bi-directional control interface comprises at least one trace overloaded to carry multiple PMIC functions.