| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 323352000 | Using an impedance as the final control device | 10 |
| 20090027035 | Output Regulation Circuit of a Power Converter without Current Sensing Loss and Method Thereof - An output regulation circuit of a power converter without current sensing loss includes a transforming circuit to receive a proportional voltage from the primary winding of the power converter. The first proportional voltage is transformed to a charging current signal. When the power switch during on-time period, the charging current signal charges an energy storage device. Thus, the circuit controls the power switch according to a voltage limited signal of the energy storage device. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090160423 | Self-configurable multi-regulator ASIC core power delivery - An electronic product includes an application specific semiconductor circuit (ASIC) including in its circuitry both a linear regulator module for use with an optional external capacitance and a capless regulator module coupled to internal capacitance of the product. The capless regulator module includes both a low-power sub-module and a high-power sub-module. Control logic of the ASIC is configured to determine if an external capacitance is present. If so, the control logic causes the high-power capless regulator sub-module to be used during a power-up phase of the ASIC; if not, only the low-power capless regulator sub-module is used during the power-up phase of the ASIC. After power-up of the ASIC, the control logic may select the linear regulator module for certain times of operation and the capless regulator module for other times of operation or it may select one or the other for all times of post-power-up operation. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090267588 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY CONTROL IMPEDANCE TO MAXIMIZE POWER SUPPLY - An apparatus and method for dynamically controlling impedance to maximize the transfer of energy from energy source(s) to load(s). In a system with a load, an energy source, and a power distribution network (PDN) coupled between the energy source and the load, system conditions and environmental changes of the system are monitored. Using a variable impedance circuit, the impedance of the PDN can be dynamically controlled such that the transfer of energy from the energy source(s) to the load(s) is increased. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100148746 | BALANCED BRIDGE ELECTRIC GEAR-SHIFTING MECHANISM - A balanced bridge electric gear-shifting mechanism comprises a signal input stage, a balanced bridge circuit and a signal output stage. The mechanism, by means of inputting different up and down gear signals to enact an analog gear-shifting apparatus to generate different voltage potentials, effectively improves the drawbacks of wrong gear shifting induced by a conventional digital gear shifting apparatus for wrongly touching the up and down shifting gear, so as to reduce the gear-shifting duration, enhance the gear-shifting smoothness, and enhance the system reliability and stability. | 06-17-2010 |
| 323353000 | Resistor | 6 |
| 20090085554 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR MOTHERBOARD - A power supply circuit for a motherboard includes a first resistor, a second resistor, a Schottky diode, and a direct current (DC) voltage source. The Schottky diode includes a first anode, a second anode, and a cathode. The first anode of the Schottky diode is respectively coupled to terminals of the first and second resistors, another terminal of each of the first and second resistors is respectively coupled to a power supply and ground. The second anode of the Schottky diode is coupled to the DC voltage source, the cathode of the Schottky diode is coupled to a south bridge. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100164471 | CALIBRATION OF PROGRAMMABLE I/O COMPONENTS USING A VIRTUAL VARIABLE EXTERNAL RESISTOR - Embodiments provide systems, methods, and integrated circuits having a calibration structure with a calibration component and a measurement structure coupled to the calibration component. The measurement structure is configured to vary a current through the calibration component until a voltage of the calibration component equals an operation voltage. The variable current is a function of at least the operation voltage and a resistance of a resistor external to the measurement structure. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100259243 | POWER SAVING SYSTEM FOR HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC APPLIANCE - A power saving system for a household electric appliance includes a signal processing unit, a step down network having an adjustable impedance for stepping down an input voltage, and an impedance control switch electrically connected with the step down network and configured for controlling the impedance of the step down network. The signal processing unit is electrically connected to impedance control switch and configured to monitor the working condition of the household electric appliance, calculate the current demanded by the household electric appliance at a next moment, and transmit a signal to the impedance control switch so as to control the impedance control switch to adjust the impedance of the step down network according to the calculation. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20130127439 | VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT - A voltage adjustment circuit includes a programmable resistor, a keyboard, and a microprocessor control unit (MCU). The programmable resistor includes an input connected to a first power supply to receive a first voltage. The MCU is connected to the keyboard and the programmable resistor. A preset voltage is set through the keyboard. The MCU adjusts a resistance of the programmable resistor according to the preset voltage, such that the programmable resistor outputs a second voltage. | 05-23-2013 |
| 323354000 | Selective | 2 |
| 20080309314 | Voltage regulator and method of manufacturing the same - A voltage regulator and a method of manufacturing the voltage regulator, which can provide a desired output voltage of the voltage regulator using a plurality of metal wires, arranged in regular patterns, and conductive metal wiring patterns, configured to activate the metal wires by selectively connecting them to each other when a voltage regulator having various output voltage patterns is produced through a single chip, thus reducing the costs of manufacturing the voltage regulator by simplifying the manufacturing process while reducing the size of the chip of the voltage regulator. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090167283 | CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPLEXING DIGITAL AND ANALOG INFORMATION VIA SINGLE PIN OF DRIVER FOR SWITCHED MOSFETS OF DC-DC CONVERTER - Multiple characteristics of a DC-DC converter, such as its mode of operation (e.g., either forced continuous conduction mode, or discontinuous conduction mode), and an operational parameter (such as the dead-time between switching times of the output switching devices (upper and lower MOSFETs) of the converter, whose associated driver integrated circuit has a pin usage that leaves only a single pin available for auxiliary purposes, are programmed by a single pin-based digital and analog information extracting circuit that couples both digital information and analog information within the same control signal to the driver IC by way of only the one available pin. | 07-02-2009 |
