Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High voltage current source with short circuit protection
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Application No.: US14951268Application Date: 2015-11-24
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Publication No.: US10079542B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Bin Xiao , Yuedong Chen
- Applicant: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Perkins Coie LLP
- Priority: CN201410699713 20141127
- Main IPC: H02H3/08
- IPC: H02H3/08 ; H02M3/335 ; H02H7/125 ; H02M1/32 ; H02M1/36 ; H02M7/12 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A current source generating a charging current and a supply voltage by charging a capacitor with the charging current. The current source has a conversion circuit converting a line voltage into a second voltage, a current generation circuit generating the charging current based on the second voltage, and a control circuit controlling the current generation circuit based on the supply voltage. The charging current is controlled to be at a first current value when the supply voltage is lower than a first threshold voltage, the charging current is controlled to be at a second current value when the supply voltage is higher than a second threshold voltage. The first threshold voltage is lower than the second threshold voltage, and the first current value is lower than the second current value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160156171A1 HIGH VOLTAGE CURRENT SOURCE WITH SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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