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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Josh Wibben, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Josh Wibben, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Polar Semiconductor, Inc., Bloomington, MN (US);
Abstract
A current-regulated power supply provides soft-start protection to prevent the generation of large in-rush currents. The current-regulated power supply includes a current regulation module that operates in either a soft-start mode of operation or a normal mode of operation and a mode selection module that makes mode of operation determinations. In particular, mode-selection module monitors the load current supplied to the attached load and maintains the current-regulation module in the soft-start mode of operation until the monitored load current exceeds a threshold value, at which time the mode-selection module causes the current regulation module to operate in the normal mode of operation.