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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. 08, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Francois Lhermite, Lasserre, FR;
Inventor:
Francois Lhermite, Lasserre, FR;
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/06 (2006.01); G05F 1/33 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a switching controller uses an auxiliary winding voltage of a transformer to form a signal representative of current flow through a secondary winding of the transformer. The controller is configured to limit a current through a secondary winding to a maximum value.