Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power management unit
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Application No.: US17476186Application Date: 2021-09-15
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Publication No.: US11669145B2Publication Date: 2023-06-06
- Inventor: Shawn Searles , Preethi Damodaran , Ofir Gilad , Michele De Fazio , Inder M. Sodhi , Enrico Zanetti , Olivier Girard , Lothar Münch , Andrea Barsanti , Andrea Lazzeri
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Dean M. Munyon
- Main IPC: G06F1/32
- IPC: G06F1/32 ; G06F1/324 ; G06F1/3296 ; G06F1/3234

Abstract:
A power management subsystem included in a computer system may include a host device and a power circuit group. The power circuit group includes multiple power circuits arranged in a tree-like structure. The resources of the multiple power circuits are mapped to corresponding addresses within a common address space. The host device sends, via a first communication bus, commands to a branch power circuit of the multiple power circuits, which, in turn, relays the commands, using a second communication bus, to corresponding ones of the other power circuits based on respective power resources specified in the commands received from the host device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230080624A1 Power Management Unit Public/Granted day:2023-03-16
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