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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2012
Applicant:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Inventors:

Hyunsuk Shin, San Diego, CA (US);

Jungil Park, San Jose, CA (US);

Chi Kong Lee, Fremont, CA (US);

Chih-Ching Chen, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G11C 16/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G11C 16/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for reducing an amount of peak power consumption in a device. In certain implementations, a first signal and a second signal are received, wherein the first signal and the second signal are indicative of amounts of power consumption in a device. The first signal is combined with the second signal to generate a combined signal, and at least a portion of the second signal is shifted in time to cause a combination of the first signal and the shifted portion to have a peak amplitude less than a peak amplitude of the combined signal.


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