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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Siew Yong Chui, Singapore, SG;
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 83/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/00 (2006.01); G05F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 3/005 (2013.01); G05F 3/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a switch, a current path circuit and a control circuit. The switch is turned on/off to direct a power supply with a periodic varying voltage to the current path circuit. The current path circuit is coupled with the switch in series to provide a discharge current path to the power supply. The control circuit is configured to detect a time duration during which the periodic varying voltage decreases, and turn on the switch during the time duration to provide the discharge current path to the power supply.