Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamically controlled auto-ranging current sense circuit
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Application No.: US17092158Application Date: 2020-11-06
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Publication No.: US11237191B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Erhan Ozalevli , Evaldo M. Miranda, Jr. , Behzad Mohtashemi
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: G01R15/14
- IPC: G01R15/14 ; H03K17/082 ; H03F3/45

Abstract:
Embodiments relate to sensing a current provided by a power supply circuit. The current sensing circuit includes a sense transistor for sensing the current provided by a main transistor, a driver for controlling a bias provided to the sense transistor and the main transistor, and a sense resistor for converting the sensed current to a voltage value. Moreover, the current sensing circuit includes a controller that modifies at least one of: (a) a resistance of the main transistor by adjusting the bias voltage provided by the driver, (b) a gain ratio between a load current and a sensing current by adjusting a number of individual devices that are active in the sense transistor, and (c) a resistance of the sense resistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210208184A1 DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED AUTO-RANGING CURRENT SENSE CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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