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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Louis Luh, Cupertino, CA (US);
William C. Athas, Cupertino, CA (US);
Heather R. Sullens, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/14 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 1/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02J 3/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); H02J 7/0065 (2013.01); G06F 11/3058 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0067 (2013.01); Y10T 307/406 (2015.04);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that operates a power supply. During operation, the system obtains power states of two or more loads coupled to two or more power converters in the power supply. Next, the system generates one or more control signals for a set of switching mechanisms to configure a coupling of the two or more loads to the two or more power converters through the switching mechanisms based on the power states.