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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Andy Burstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael Christenson, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andy Burstein, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Michael Christenson, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Voiterra Semiconductor Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A voltage regulator coupled to an unregulated DC input voltage source by an input terminal, and to a load by an output terminal is disclosed. The voltage regulator converts an input voltage at the input terminal to an output voltage at the output terminal. The voltage regulator includes a master controller and one or more slaves, and the master controller and each slave can communicate using a ring communication scheme. A command generated by the master controller can be passed from the master controller to the subsequent slaves.