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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Steven Everson, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David Putti, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Everson, Gilbert, AZ (US);
David Putti, Novi, MI (US);
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and corresponding method are provided to control a switched current circuit by switching the switched current circuit into an ON-state, waiting an amount of waiting an amount of time tafter the current within the switched current circuit increases above a current threshold, and switching the switched current circuit into an OFF-state after waiting the time t. Further, a duration of time tbetween switching the switched current circuit in the OFF-state and the point at which the current within the switched current circuit decreases below the current threshold is determined, and the method includes waiting a time tafter the current within the switched current circuit decreased below the current threshold, the time tbased at least in part on the time t, after which the switched current circuit is switched into the ON-state.