ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,483, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Load disconnect boost converter" was invented by Jian Liang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Load disconnect techniques for boost converters. In an example, a power converter includes a driver circuit, a control circuit, and a comparator circuit. During normal boost operation (VINgreater thanVOUT), the comparator circuit disables the control circuit and enables the driver circuit, which in turn fully turns on a high-side switching element during high-side on-phase. In contrast, during start-up operation or an output short-to-ground condition (VINless than...