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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Charles N. Shaver, Cypress, TX (US);
Howard Leverenz, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles N. Shaver, Cypress, TX (US);
Howard Leverenz, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G05F 3/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H02M 7/5383 (2007.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system comprises a load and a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator is configured to select a gate drive signal from among a plurality of input voltages. The voltage regulator is configured to use the selected gate drive signal to turn on a power transistor to produce a regulated voltage for the load.