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Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013

Filed:

Apr. 01, 2008
Applicants:

Riad Wahby, Austin, TX (US);

Michael J. Mills, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey A. Whaley, Austin, TX (US);

Marius Goldenberg, Austin, TX (US);

Ion C. Tesu, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Riad Wahby, Austin, TX (US);

Michael J. Mills, Austin, TX (US);

Jeffrey A. Whaley, Austin, TX (US);

Marius Goldenberg, Austin, TX (US);

Ion C. Tesu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

One embodiment of a power supply apparatus includes a first switcher coupled to provide VOUT from a VSUPPLY. A cascaded second switcher is coupled to provide a subscriber line interface circuit target VBAT from VOUT, wherein the first switcher is placed in one of an active mode and an inactive mode in accordance with a function of VSUPPLY and VBAT, wherein in the active mode wherein in the inactive mode VOUT≈VSUPPLY.


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