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Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2012
Applicants:

Mohammad Tabatabai, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Richard Togashi, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mohammad Tabatabai, Newport Beach, CA (US);

Richard Togashi, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); Y02B 60/34 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for switching in an energy efficient network. Rapid switching between multiple operating modes can generate a voltage spike or voltage lag on an on-board inductor. Suppression of the voltage spike or voltage lag can be enabled through the activation of by a physical layer device of an inductor bypass path at a time proximate to the switching between multiple operating modes.


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