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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Allen Stevens, Monument, CO (US);
Matthew Joseph Maloney, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Kalin Valeriev Lazarov, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Edson Wayne Porter, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/10 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); H02J 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); Y10T 307/305 (2015.04); Y10T 307/707 (2015.04);
Abstract
A power control system includes an event data bus configured to carry event information. Several power supply managers are coupled to the same event bus. Each power supply manager has one or more point of load (POL) regulators assigned to it. Each power supply manager communicates event information with other POL power supply managers over the event data bus.