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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
James Warren Templeton, Austin, TX (US);
Scott Kelly Herrington, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gregg Scott Kodra, Austin, TX (US);
Paul Walker Latham, II, San Jose, CA (US);
Stewart Gall Kenly, Epping, NH (US);
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a plurality of power supplies and a controller. The plurality of power supplies outputs power to a load. A serial bus connects the plurality of power supplies in a daisy chain. The controller is connected to first and last ones of the power supplies by the serial bus. The controller is connected to a management bus via a management bus interface. The controller monitors the plurality of power supplies via the serial bus. The controller transmits status information of the plurality of power supplies to the management bus via the management bus interface of the controller.