Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multiport power converter with load detection capabilities
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Application No.: US14793601Application Date: 2015-07-07
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Publication No.: US09866016B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Jeffrey J. Terlizzi , Nicholas A. Sims
- 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
- Main IPC: H02J1/00
- IPC: H02J1/00 ; H02J1/08 ; H02J1/14 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/04 ; H02J9/00

Abstract:
Power converters are provided that convert alternating current (AC) power to direct current (DC) power. A power converter may have multiple ports. Each port may have an associated connector with multiple power and data terminals. When an electronic device is connected to a given port, the electronic device draws DC power from the power converter. To ensure that the capacity of the power converter is not exceeded when multiple devices are connected to the ports of the power converter, the power converter may actively monitor its ports for active loads. Load detection circuitry can determine what number of ports are active. Control circuitry can compute a per-port available DC power level based on the number of active ports and can provide this information to connected devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150311705A1 MULTIPORT POWER CONVERTER WITH LOAD DETECTION CAPABILITIES Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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