Controller for power supplies
US7395445B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C5/147
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A state machine implemented controller is provided in which a logic core 20 is reconfigurable in response to state data held within a memory 22. Thus, on transition from one state to a next state the data held within the memory 22 is used to reconfigure the operation of the logic core 20. This enables a relatively compact logic core 20 to be used time and time again, thereby avoiding the need to individually define a logic core appropriate to each individual one of the states that the state machine can enter into. This results in a controller which is much more compact on an integrated circuit die than is the case with prior art controllers.
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