Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power supply with current limit on individual conductors
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Application No.: US15506698Application Date: 2014-08-29
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Publication No.: US10734799B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Paul J. Costa , Bharat K. Patel , Neal V. Cecil , Timur O. Starobinets , Ruenjou Lu , Dane Oleson , Fei Ni
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2014/053490 WO 20140829
- International Announcement: WO2016/032522 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: H02H7/00
- IPC: H02H7/00 ; H02H9/00 ; H02H3/08 ; H02H7/22 ; H02J13/00 ; H02H3/22 ; H02J1/00 ; H02H7/125

Abstract:
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may provide power supply voltages in a safe and reliable manner that meets safety and regulatory concerns and does not exceed physical limitations of cables and other circuits and components used to provide the power supply voltages. One example may provide a cable having a sufficient number of conductors to provide power without exceeding a maximum current density for the conductors. Another example may provide a cable having more than the sufficient number of conductors in order to provide an amount of redundancy. Current sense circuits may be included for one or more conductors. When an excess current is sensed, a power source in the power supply may be shut down, the power source may be disconnected from one or more conductors, or both events may occur.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170288386A1 POWER SUPPLY WITH CURRENT LIMIT ON INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTORS Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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