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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Jeffrey Lynn Heath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kirk Su, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John Stineman, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Lynn Heath, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kirk Su, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
John Stineman, Carpinteria, CA (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 5/42 (2006.01); H02M 7/217 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Technique for controlling a circuit that converts an AC input voltage into a DC output voltage using transistors arranged in first and second transistor pairs. Each transistor of the first pair is controlled in accordance with polarity of the AC input voltage. Each transistor of the second pair is controlled based on a difference between the AC input voltage and the DC output voltage.