Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reverse current protection circuit
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Application No.: US15232521Application Date: 2016-08-09
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Publication No.: US10116291B2Publication Date: 2018-10-30
- Inventor: Sujan Kundapur Manohar , Roland Karl Son , Juergen Luebbe , Eddie W. Yu
- 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 Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: H02H3/00
- IPC: H02H3/00 ; H03K5/08 ; H03K17/0812 ; H02H3/18 ; H02H3/08 ; H03K17/082 ; H02H9/02 ; H02H3/087

Abstract:
In described examples, a power interface subsystem includes power transistors, each having: a conduction path coupled between a battery terminal and an accessory terminal; and a control terminal. A differential amplifier has: a first input coupled to the battery terminal; a second input coupled to the accessory terminal; and an output node. An offset voltage source is coupled to cause an offset of a selected polarity at one of the inputs to the differential amplifier. The offset has a first polarity in a first operating mode and a second polarity in a second operating mode. Gate control circuitry is coupled to apply a control level at the control terminal(s) of selected one(s) of the power transistors responsive to a voltage at the output node, and to apply an off-state control level to the control terminal(s) of unselected one(s) of the power transistors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170047731A1 Reverse Current Protection Circuit Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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