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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
William K. Laird, Corona, CA (US);
John R. Agness, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 3/157 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/462 (2013.01);
Abstract
A regulator circuit includes: a current detector configured to sense a load current and convert the sensed load current to a DC current sense signal; and an adjustment circuit configured to adjust an output voltage within predetermined upper and lower voltage limits based on the DC current sense signal.