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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2012
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Belch, Chandler, AZ (US);
Kevin Dowdy, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Sean Lai, Chandler, AZ (US);
Brett Miwa, Wellesley, MA (US);
David Harrington, Nashua, NH (US);
David Stearns, Millbury, MA (US);
Oscar Blyde, Melrose, MA (US);
Rui Liu, Fremont, CA (US);
MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a voltage regulator module, a voltage comparator module, and a current limiting module. The voltage regulator module regulates an input voltage supplied by a power supply and supplies an output current to a load. The voltage comparator module compares the input voltage to a first threshold. The current limiting module decreases the output current when the input voltage decreases to less than or equal to the first threshold, decreases the output current until the input voltage increases to greater than the first threshold, and decreases the output current by an additional predetermined amount after the input voltage increases to greater than the first threshold.