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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:
Jul. 15, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin H Graham, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Rolm Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 61 ; 363 70 ; 363128 ; 323272 ;
Abstract
A circuit for converting an AC potential to a regulated DC potential which circuit consumes a minimum of power and is relatively inexpensive to build is described. A capacitor is used to couple the AC potential to a rectifier. The duration of current flow through the capacitor is controlled to obtain the regulation. An on or off switching device is used such as an SCR, eliminating the current flow regulation devices often used in regulative power supplies. The invented circuit is particularly useful for providing a regulated DC potential in a switching power supply.