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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:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Xiaoyu Xi, Plano, TX (US);
Shyam S. Somayajula, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoyu Xi, Plano, TX (US);
Shyam S. Somayajula, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/575 (2006.01); G05F 1/618 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique includes energizing a storage element of a voltage regulator in response to the detection of an output voltage of the voltage regulator falling below a threshold level. The technique includes halting the energization of the storage element in response to the detection of a current in the storage element reaching a predetermined threshold.