Multi-module power management
AssigneeNXP USA, Inc.
InventorMehmet Fatih Yilmaz
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Abstract
One example discloses a module, including: a set of e-switches configured to be coupled to a power supply line and a set of loads; a communications circuit coupled to the e-switches and configured to be coupled to a communications bus; a controller coupled to the e-switches and the communications circuit; wherein the communications circuit and the controller are powered by the e-switches; wherein the communications circuit and the controller are configured to be in a low-power state until receiving a wake-up signal from the e-switches; and wherein the e-switches are configured to receive the wake-up signal over the power supply line.
Claims22
A module, comprising:
- a set of e-switches configured to be coupled to a power supply line and a set of loads;
- a communications circuit coupled to the e-switches and configured to be coupled to a communications bus;
- a controller coupled to the e-switches and the communications circuit;
- wherein the communications circuit and the controller are powered by the e-switches;
- wherein the communications circuit and the controller are configured to be in a low-power state until receiving a wake-up signal from the e-switches;
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- wherein the e-switches are configured to receive the wake-up signal over the power supply line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.