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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2014
Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Edward K. F. Lee, Fullerton, CA (US);
ALFRED E. MANN FOUNDATION FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Abstract
The various embodiments described herein include systems, methods and/or devices used to produce a rectified and regulated output signal. In one aspect, the method includes, at a circuit, comparing an output signal at an output node with an input signal at an input node, wherein the output signal is a rectified and regulated signal, and the input signal is an unrectified and unregulated signal, and computing a difference between a reference signal and a comparison signal. Power transfer from the input node to the output node is prevented when the output signal is greater than the input signal. Furthermore, power transfer from the input node to the output node is regulated to produce the rectified and regulated output signal when both the input signal is greater than the output signal, and when the magnitude of the reference signal exceeds the magnitude of the comparison signal.