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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth J. Helfrich, Duluth, GA (US);
Sang H. Kim, Grayslake, IL (US);
Fabrizio Fraternali, Monza e Brianza, IT;
Assignee:
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H02M 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/26 (2013.01); H02M 7/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing power through a USB port of an electronic device includes connecting a power supply to a USB port of an electronic device, emulating a personal computer (PC) host system such that the electronic device believes that the power supply is a PC host system, retrieving at least one descriptor from the electronic device, identifying the electronic device from the at least one descriptor, and setting a charging voltage based upon the identity of the electronic device.