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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Arvind Govindaraj, San Diego, CA (US);
Sumukh Shevde, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Joseph Maalouf, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for wired and wireless charging of electronic devices are provided. An example of a method for charging a device according to the disclosure includes receiving a signal from a power source with an electronic circuit, such that the electronic circuit includes a synchronous rectifier comprising a first phase leg and a second phase leg, utilizing the first phase leg to implement synchronous rectification and the second phase leg to implement a single phase buck converter when the signal is a wireless signal received from the power source, utilizing the first phase leg and the second phase leg to implement a multi-phase buck converter when the signal is received from a wired power source, and providing an output signal with the electronic circuit.