Connection and corrosion detection

    公开(公告)号:US10184909B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-22

    申请号:US15275202

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods, structures, and apparatus that are able to detect the presence of a connection to a device contact of an electronic device and are also able to detect the presence of contamination at the device contact. A host device includes a connection detection circuit and a contamination detection circuit connected to the device contact. The connection detection circuit includes a pull-up resistor that is pulled down by a pull-down resistor in an accessory device following a connection. The contamination detection circuit includes a current source to provide a current at the device contact and measurement circuitry to measure a resulting voltage.

    Prevention of Unexpected Shutdown

    公开(公告)号:US20250085765A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-13

    申请号:US18465785

    申请日:2023-09-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for allocating and distributing power management budgets for subsystems of a computer system. For each of a plurality of subsystems, a power management system may generate a long-term power budget and a closed-loop power budget, and then determine a final power budget to provide to the subsystem, e.g., by applying a min function, a weighted sum, or some other function to the long-term power budget and the closed-loop power budget. The closed-loop power budget is determined based on observations of power draw over a past period of time, and therefore cannot respond immediately to large changes in power. The long-term power budget is generated based on a prediction of battery capability over an upcoming window of time, and may therefore provide a power cap before the system is under duress.

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