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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2012
Applicant:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
George Tyson Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Eric B. Smith, Austin, TX (US);
Peter J. Vancorenland, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Laboratories Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/06 (2006.01); H03K 17/06 (2006.01); H02M 5/257 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/06 (2013.01); H02M 5/2573 (2013.01); H02M 7/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A low voltage AC power controller uses a line coupled capacitor AC to DC converter circuit to obtain energy from AC line power supplied to an AC load and may be used with an external high voltage AC switching device to control power supplied to the AC load. The line coupled capacitor AC to DC converter circuit provides a low power device that senses characteristics of the power supplied to the load and can communicate sensed information and/or receive control information related to the power supplied to the load.