Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wide input range, low output voltage power supply
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Application No.: US14817666Application Date: 2015-08-04
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Publication No.: US09966941B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Vikrant Dhamdhere , Md Abidur Rahman
- Applicant: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Lawrence J. Bassuk; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G05F1/00
- IPC: G05F1/00 ; H03K17/30 ; G05F1/595

Abstract:
This disclosure describes techniques for generating relatively low regulated power supply voltages over a relatively wide range of input voltages. The techniques for generating the regulated voltages may include using at least two different pass transistors to regulate an output voltage of a voltage regulator. Both the turn-on threshold voltage and the maximum drain-to-source voltage rating of the first pass transistor may be greater than the corresponding characteristics of the second pass transistor. Using two different pass transistors with two different turn-on threshold voltages and two different maximum drain-to-source voltage ratings may increase the range of voltages over which a voltage regulator can generate a relatively low output voltage relative to the range of voltages that would be allowable if a single type of pass transistor were used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160036432A1 WIDE INPUT RANGE, LOW OUTPUT VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY Public/Granted day:2016-02-04
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