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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. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Christophe Basso, Pibrac, FR;
Nicolas Cyr, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Christophe Basso, Pibrac, FR;
Nicolas Cyr, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 (2006.01); H02M 3/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a power supply controller is configured to receive a sense signal (CS) having a negative value that is proportional to the input voltage. The power supply controller uses the sense signal to limit the switch () current through the switch responsively to the value of the input voltage.