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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2009
Applicants:

Brian Ben North, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Cary L. Delano, Los Altos, CA (US);

Inventors:

Brian Ben North, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Cary L. Delano, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/59 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This document discusses, among other things, a device for providing a DC output voltage, including a first output voltage and a second output voltage, from an input voltage. The device can include a first voltage regulator configured to provide the first output voltage when the input voltage is below a threshold voltage, and a charge pump configured to provide the second output voltage from the first output voltage in a two-state mode when the input voltage is below the threshold voltage, and to provide the first output voltage and the second output voltage in a three-state mode when the input voltage is above the threshold voltage.


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