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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:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Timothy J. Williams, Bellevue, WA (US);
Steven P. Larky, Del Mar, CA (US);
David G. Wright, Woodinville, WA (US);
Cypress Semiconductor Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a flexible converter. A flexible converter of the present invention may provide a desired output utilizing a variety of methods, systems and apparatus without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For instance, a method may include loading an initial configuration including at least one power characteristic into a converter. The converter is suitable for providing power to an electrical device. A power output is generated having the at least one power characteristic. The power output is monitored with a comparator, the comparator suitable for measuring the at least one power characteristic.