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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:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J Lenk, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven W Bryson, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, South Portland, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320163 ; 327375 ;
Abstract
Method and circuitry for clamping outputs of inactive error amplifiers in battery chargers eliminate delays and prevent oscillatory tendencies. By clamping the output of, for example, an inactive current loop amplifier in response to the output of an active voltage loop amplifier in a battery charging circuit, the inactive amplifier is prevented from saturating, such that it can take over as the controlling loop with minimal delay.