{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9647551","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9647551","title":"Switched power control circuits for controlling the rate of providing voltages to powered circuits, and related systems and methods","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2015-08-14T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H02M","H02M"],"num_claims":24,"abstract":"Switched power control circuits for controlling the rate of providing voltages to powered circuits are disclosed. In one aspect, a switched power control circuit is provided that is configured to control activation of a headswitch circuit such that the headswitch circuit gradually provides a supply voltage to a powered circuit rather than providing full supply voltage in a substantially instantaneous manner. To gradually ramp up an output voltage, the headswitch circuit is configured to provide the output voltage to the powered circuit in response to a control signal received on a control input. The control signal is generated by a control circuit in response to an enable signal. To prevent the headswitch circuit from providing the full supply voltage to the powered circuit instantaneously, a current sink circuit is configured to control a ramping rate of the output voltage generated by the headswitch circuit."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Switched power control circuits for controlling the rate of providing voltages to powered circuits, and related systems and methods","description":"Switched power control circuits for controlling the rate of providing voltages to powered circuits are disclosed. In one aspect, a switched power control circuit is provided that is configured to cont","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9647551","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9647551","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Switched power control circuits for controlling the rate of providing voltages to powered circuits, and related systems and methods\" (US-9647551). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9647551","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9647551","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9647551","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T14:00:54.723Z"}