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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Donald W. Janz, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A load balancing circuit which operates to balance the output voltages of a dual polarity power supply with single polarity voltage regulation. The power supply outputs a positive voltage at a positive voltage with respect to a reference level and a negative voltage with respect to the reference level. The power supply further applies voltage regulation to a selected one of the positive and negative voltages and leaves the remaining one of the positive and negative voltages in an unregulated state. Positive and negative loads are coupled to receive the positive and negative voltages. The load balancing circuit detects a change in impedance of a selected one of the positive and negative loads and applies a corresponding impedance to the power supply to maintain the power supply in a nominally balanced state.