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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Lehr, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dyke Shaffer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Lehr, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dyke Shaffer, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inductive signal interface comprises a coil assembly including one or more inductive coils, a bridge circuit including a plurality of switches, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to individually operate the plurality of switches to enable the inductive signal interface to dynamically switch between a power-transmit mode and a power receive mode.