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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 25, 2023
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Samuel Forest Girvin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Paul Joseph Schaffert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for an electronic device to perform power-stealing techniques to harvest energy from a power-control circuit to power components of the electronic device. In some examples, the electronic device may be connected in the power-control circuit between a power supply and a relay that is selectively configured to activate a power load. According to the techniques described herein, the electronic device may include voltage-drop circuitry that is connected in the power-control circuit such that a voltage drop is produced across electrical components of the electronic device while the relay is in the activated, or triggered, state. In this way, the electronic device may perform power-stealing from the power-control circuit while the relay is maintained in the activated state.