Invention Grant
US08292185B2 Circuits for preventing overvoltage conditions on antenna terminals and method
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用于防止天线端子过电压状况的电路及方法
- Patent Title: Circuits for preventing overvoltage conditions on antenna terminals and method
- Patent Title (中): 用于防止天线端子过电压状况的电路及方法
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Application No.: US11259974Application Date: 2005-10-26
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Publication No.: US08292185B2Publication Date: 2012-10-23
- Inventor: Kian-Ann Ng
- Applicant: Kian-Ann Ng
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Main IPC: G06K13/00
- IPC: G06K13/00

Abstract:
A circuit includes an antenna terminal for generating a current through electromagnetic induction. The circuit also includes a rectifier for receiving the current and generating a rectified power supply voltage. In addition, the circuit includes a voltage clamp for sinking at least some of the current from the antenna terminal based on the rectified power supply voltage from the rectifier. The voltage clamp could include a control circuit (such as an N-channel transistor and a resistor) for controlling the sinking of at least some of the current from the antenna terminal. The voltage clamp could also include a sink circuit (such as an N-channel transistor) for sinking at least some of the current from the antenna terminal. The voltage clamp could further include a sink control circuit (such as a P-channel transistor and a resistor) for activating and deactivating the sink circuit based on operation of the control circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070075147A1 Circuits for preventing overvoltage conditions on antenna terminals and method Public/Granted day:2007-04-05
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