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Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael James Mills, Plano, TX (US);

Mohammad Atiqur Rahman, Allen, TX (US);

Eric Beljaars, Garland, TX (US);

Nagesh Narayana Swamy, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); H03K 17/08122 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to allow dynamic changing between current limiting methods. A power delivery controller comprising: a power control device; a first current control device, the first current control device to control the power control device when a current level associated with a current flowing between a first device and a second device exceeds a first adjustable current threshold value; a second current control device to control the power control device when the current level exceeds a second adjustable current threshold value; and a configuration manager to, during runtime, set a first configuration setting of the first current control device and a second configuration setting of the second current control device, the first configuration setting and second configuration setting based on a negotiated contract corresponding to the first device and the second device.


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