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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chee Hong Aw, Klang, MY;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is an apparatus which comprises a pass-gate; and a control unit to control gate terminal of the pass-gate according to first availability of first or second power supplies, the control unit including: a voltage detector to detect the second power supply; and a supply switching circuit to generate a local supply for controlling the gate terminal of the pass-gate according to an output of the voltage detector.