Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling inrush current from a power supply to a load
- Patent Title (中): 控制从电源到负载的浪涌电流
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Application No.: US11832740Application Date: 2007-08-02
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Publication No.: US07642677B2Publication Date: 2010-01-05
- Inventor: Selvakumar Peace John Harris
- Applicant: Selvakumar Peace John Harris
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agent Simon B. Anolick; Anthony P. Curtis
- Main IPC: H02B1/24
- IPC: H02B1/24 ; H02H3/00

Abstract:
Apparatus (100) for controlling inrush current from a power supply (250) to a load (255), the apparatus comprising a first (105a) and a second (105b) power supply input and a first (110a) and a second (110b) load output, a semiconductor device (115) coupled between the first power supply input (105a) and the first load output (110a), a control circuit (120) having a control circuit input (125) coupled to the first load output (110a) and a control circuit output (130) coupled to a conductance control node (135) of the semiconductor device (115), wherein, in use, when a load (255) is connected across the first load output (110a) and the second load output (110b), the control circuit (120) provides a control signal to the conductance control node (130) to thereby progressively vary the conductance of the semiconductor device (115) from a low conductance state to a high conductance state in response to a load signal being provided to the control circuit input (125) indicating that a load current (Isd) flowing through the semiconductor device (115) has exceeded a pre-determined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090033152A1 CONTROLLING INRUSH CURRENT FROM A POWER SUPPLY TO A LOAD Public/Granted day:2009-02-05
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