US 7,049,798 C1 (12,497th)
System and method for communicating with a voltage regulator
Alain Chapuis, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Mahesh N. Thaker, Moorpark, CA (US)
Filed by Alain Chapuis, Morgan Hill, CA (US); and Mahesh N. Thaker, Moorpark, CA (US)
Assigned to BEL POWER SOLUTIONS INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,192, Apr. 14, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 7,049,798, issued May 23, 2006, Appl. No. 10/293,001, Nov. 13, 2002.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jan. 31, 2024.
Int. Cl. G05F 1/40 (2006.01); H02J 1/08 (2006.01); H02J 13/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 1/082 (2020.01) [H02J 1/08 (2013.01); H02J 13/00002 (2020.01); H02M 1/00 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 24, 26, 27 and 44 is confirmed.
Claims 1-23, 25, 28-43 and 45-50 were not reexamined.
24. A method of controlling at least one point-of-load (“POL”) regulator comprising:
receiving initial-configuration data from a controller via a serial data bus;
storing at least a portion of said initial-configuration data in a POL storage device;
using at least a portion of said initial-configuration data to determine at least one output-parameter of an output of said at least one POL regulator;
generating said output;
storing fault-monitoring data in said POL storage device;
providing at least a portion of said fault-monitoring data to said controller via said serial data bus; and
using said at least a portion of said fault-monitoring data to monitor at least one POL-parameter of said at least one POL regulator.