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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
May. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ingolf Edgar Frank, Freising, DE;
Lars Lotzenburger, Erding, DE;
Matthieu Etienne Chevrier, Freising, DE;
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/158 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/1584 (2013.01); G01R 19/165 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H02M 3/1582 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0003 (2013.01); H02M 2001/008 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system having a load that generates an EMF energy, comprising: a controller; a switch having a control terminal coupled to the controller and a second terminal coupled to the load; a recycling circuit coupled to the load and the second terminal of the switch, the recycling circuit including a capacitor and a converter coupled to the capacitor, a voltage source and the load; and wherein the capacitor is operable to store the EMF energy.