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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:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alain Bailly, Simiane Collongue, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/04 ; H02M 5/42 ; H02M 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/04 ; H02M 5/42 ; H02M 3/18 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a supply circuit with a storage capacitor and a method of control of this circuit including, across a rectifying bridge, a storage capacitor associated with a charge path and with a discharge path, in which the duration of charge periods of the storage capacitor is set, at least at steady state, to a predetermined duration.