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Rapid power enabling circuit

US5808460A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 1997
Grant dateSep 15, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/12
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved power-up circuit utilizing a simple current channel to rapidly charge or discharge nodes during the power-up transient, the time from when the circuit is signaled to power up to the time when the circuit becomes fully functional. The invention allows critical nodes previously limiting the power-up sequence to be rapidly charged to significantly improve the power-up performance of power savings circuits.

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