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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Joshua William Caldwell, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joshua William Caldwell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device and method of providing any one of a plurality of desired levels of a regulated signal output to a load is described, wherein each desired level is a function of a corresponding reference signal. The device is configured and the method is designed to (1) store each desired level of the regulated signal output on a switchable storage device; and (2) selectively switch the correct storage device to the output when switching from one regulated state to another so as to establish the desired level of regulated signal output.