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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030900 | Circuits and methods for controlling power in a battery operated system Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods of controlling power in battery operated systems. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a switching regulator for boosting voltage on a depleted battery to power up a system. The system may... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7990106 | Battery charging systems and methods with adjustable current limit Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for charging a battery using a regulator. In one embodiment, the present invention includes an electronic circuit comprising a regulator having an input coupled to a power source for receiving a voltage and a c... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7948729 | Method and circuit for over-current protection In one embodiment the present invention includes an over-current protection method. The method comprises generating a switching signal, starting and stopping a timer, sensing a current through a switch, comparing a response time to a reference time, and generating a... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7880445 | System and method of charging a battery using a switching regulator In one embodiment the present invention includes a system and method of charging a battery using a switching regulator. In one embodiment, a switching regulator receives an input voltage and input current. The output of the switching regulator is coupled to a batter... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7863865 | Systems and methods for pulse charging a battery Embodiments of the present invention include techniques for charging a battery. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising determining if a maximum current output of a power source is above a threshold, configuring a regulator coupled to t... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7683596 | Method for regulating an output voltage of a DC/DC converter using an active DC output control circuit A control loop system is provided that employs an active DC output control circuit that more accurately calibrates the desired voltage at a load, e.g. 3.3 volts, by adjusting a trim pin on a DC/DC converter. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7679349 | Switching systems and methods with current sensing Embodiments of the present invention include an electronic circuit for performing current sensing. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor both coupled to receive a first switching current and ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7528574 | Systems and methods of programming voltage and current in a battery charger In one embodiment the present invention includes a method of charging a battery comprising storing a plurality of charging parameters in one or more programmable data storage elements. The charging parameters may be used to program a variety of battery charging para... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7337342 | Power supply sequencing distributed among multiple devices with linked operation A system and method is provided to accomplish distributed power sequencing function of a large electronics system with minimum number of signals in the sequencing network without compromising the flexibility and expandability. In one embodiment of the invention, the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7158841 | Active DC output control and method for controlling targeted applications A feedback control-loop system that employs an active DC output control circuit is disclosed which compares an input parameter measurement against a target specification associated with the input parameter measurement. In one embodiment, the active DC output control... | 01/02/2007 |
