US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Aug. 5 for "Adaptive start-up control circuit" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,477, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Adaptive start-up control circuit" was invented by Jing Ji (Hangzhou, China) and Jian Liang (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, an apparatus includes a filter, a voltage-to-current conversion circuit, a first current source, a second current source, a capacitor, a comparator, and a buffer. The filter has a first input voltage (VIN) input and a filter output. The voltage-to-current conversion circuit has a first input, a second VIN input, and a current output, the first input coupled to the filter output. The first current source is coupled ...