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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eric Martin Hayes, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01); H02M 3/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02M 3/157 (2013.01);
Abstract
A single-wire interface of an application processor that communicates with another single-wire interface of a power management unit (PMU) via a control signal line. The control signal line can be a single signal path. Further, the single-wire interfaces can communicate with each other only via the control signal line. The single-wire interfaces can be utilized for the communication of pulse width modulation (PWM) control signals, current sensing, and Zero-I detection.