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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Applicants:
Ying Xiao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rohan Samsi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jinghai Zhou, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/18 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monolithic integrated circuit (IC) switch device includes an input pin that receives an input power supply and an output pin that is connected to a load. The monolithic IC switch device includes driving circuitry that controls a switching operation of a power switch to connect and disconnect the input power supply to and from the load. A microcontroller can enable or disable the monolithic IC switch device based on indicator signals received by the microcontroller from the monolithic IC switch device.