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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Tabler, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Adkins, Fremont, CA (US);
Theodore M. Myers, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew Jenkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Warren G. Hafner, Franklin, MA (US);
Assignee:
Summit Microelectronics, Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; G05F 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/716 ; G05F 1/40 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for tracking and controlling one or more voltage and current supplies during a transition between and off-state to an on-state, or from an on state to an off-state, is enabled by detecting a voltage or current transition and controlling the voltage or current supply transition within a specified upper and lower limit about a reference transition.