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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Jeffrey Robert Perry, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin Garrison, San Jose, CA (US);
Dien Mac, San Jose, CA (US);
Khang Nguyen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ajay Padgaonkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Phil Gibson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Hung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Werner Berns, Grasbrunn, DE;
Jeffrey Robert Perry, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin Garrison, San Jose, CA (US);
Dien Mac, San Jose, CA (US);
Khang Nguyen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ajay Padgaonkar, San Jose, CA (US);
Phil Gibson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Scott Hung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Werner Berns, Grasbrunn, DE;
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system may include a database configured to store information including characteristics of a plurality of components. The system may further include a server in communication with the database and configured to: receive design parameters indicative of a plurality of power supply loads to be powered; determine a plurality of power supply architectures that may be used to provide power supply solutions satisfying the plurality of loads, each power supply architecture including at least one position requiring a component configured to satisfy a load requirement; for each one of at least a subset of the plurality of power supply architectures, determine, based on the characteristics of the plurality of components, at least one component configured to satisfy the corresponding load requirement for each position of the one of the power supply architectures; and generate at least one power supply design in accordance with the power supply architectures and the determined components.