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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:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Ladislav Matyas, Horni Becva, CZ;
Francois Lhermite, Lasserre, FR;
Inventors:
Ladislav Matyas, Horni Becva, CZ;
Francois Lhermite, Lasserre, FR;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/02 (2006.01); G05F 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a soft-start circuit is configured to form drive pulses that increase in width independently of the current through the power switch during a first portion of the soft-start operation period.