ARCHITECTURE TO SCALE FINITE-STATE MACHINES ACROSS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS USING DIGITAL BUS

A system comprises a plurality of power supplies, wherein a power supply provides a supply voltage rail to a voltage domain of the system; a plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices electrically coupled to multiple power supplies of the plurality of power supplies, wherein a voltage sequencer device is configured to activate the multiple power supplies in a specified sequence; and a bus electrically coupled to the plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices, wherein the bus is configured to communicate state information of the plurality of power supply voltage sequencer devices. 本发明涉及使用数字总线跨越集成电路来划分有限状态机的架构。种系统包括多个电源，其中电源向所述系统的电压域提供电源电压轨；电耦合到所述多个电源中的多个电源的多个电源电压定序器设备，其中电压定序器设备被配置为以指定的顺序激活所述多个电源；以及电耦合到所述多个电源电压定序器设备的总线，其中所述总线配置成传送所述多个电源电压定序器设备的状态信息。