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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Talbott M. Houk, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Joseph Duncan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eugene L. Cheung, Fremont, CA (US);
Talbott M. Houk, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Joseph Duncan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eugene L. Cheung, Fremont, CA (US);
Linear Technology Corporation, Milipitas, CA (US);
Abstract
An analog control circuit is coupled to an apparatus having a variable characteristic over an operating range. A sensing circuit is coupled to the apparatus and the control circuit during the range of operation of the apparatus and is operative to sense the variable characteristic. The operating parameter of the apparatus is controlled to be set at a level corresponding to a prescribed criterion, which may be a maximum or minimum, of the characteristic sensed over the range of operation.