Patents Assigned to Voiterra Semiconductor Corporation
  • Voltage regulator with communication ring scheme
    Patent number: 7514909
    Abstract: A voltage regulator coupled to an unregulated DC input voltage source by an input terminal, and to a load by an output terminal is disclosed. The voltage regulator converts an input voltage at the input terminal to an output voltage at the output terminal. The voltage regulator includes a master controller and one or more slaves, and the master controller and each slave can communicate using a ring communication scheme. A command generated by the master controller can be passed from the master controller to the subsequent slaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Voiterra Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Andy Burstein, Michael Christenson