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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Dialog Semiconductor Inc., Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yimin Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Mengfei Liu, Campbell, CA (US);
Duc Doan, Campbell, CA (US);
Xiaoyong Zhang, Campbell, CA (US);
Jianming Yao, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR INC., Campbell, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/06 (2006.01); H02J 7/24 (2006.01); H02H 7/12 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/1213 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02M 3/33576 (2013.01); H02J 2007/006 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0059 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching power converter is provided with an overvoltage protection circuit that softly switches on a power bus switch during a soft-start period responsive to a device connecting to a data cable for receiving power over a power bus coupled to the power bus switch.