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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Stefan Baeurle, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael Yue Zhang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Andreas Volke, Soest, DE;
Christoph Dustert, Soest, DE;
Karsten Fink, Werl, DE;
Michael Hornkamp, Ense, DE;
POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A device comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of driver units. Each driver unit is coupled to drive a respective switch of the plurality of switches. A system controller is coupled to each of the driver units by a bus, wherein the system controller is configured to coordinate driving of the respective switches by the driver units. The device further comprises at least one communication channel coupled to each of the driver units, wherein the driver units are configured to communicate with each other over the communication channel without mediation by the system controller.