1625 results about "Reverse current" patented technology

A high efficiency power converter comprises a boost converter for converting an input voltage to a first voltage on a first output, a buck converter for converting the input voltage to a second voltage on a second output, a linear regulator for converting the first voltage to a third voltage on the second output when the second voltage is lower than a first threshold, and a voltage detector for detecting the input voltage for preventing a reverse current flowing from the second output to the buck converter when the input voltage is lower than a second threshold.

A motor driving method for driving a direct-current (DC) motor, designed for avoiding a reverse current induced by the Back Electromotive Force (BEMF), includes providing a driver circuit for driving the DC motor; comparing a signal level of a terminal of the DC motor and a predetermined voltage value to produce a comparing result; and controlling a specific lower gate switch to avoid the occurrence of a reverse current of the DC motor according to the comparing result.

An information storage device is provided. The information storage device may be a magnetic random access memory (MRAM) device including a resistive cross point array of spin dependent tunneling (SDT) junctions or magnetic memory elements, with word lines extending along rows of the SDT junctions and bit lines extending along the columns of the SDT junctions. The present design includes a plurality of heating elements connected in series with associated magnetic memory elements, each heating element comprising a diode. Voltage applied to a magnetic memory element and associated heating element causes reverse current to flow through the diode, thereby producing heat from the diode and heating the magnetic memory element, thereby facilitating the write function of the device.

First and second clocks are applied to first and second capacitors, respectively. First and second former-stage clocks are applied to first and second former-stage capacitors, respectively. A first switch couples the second former-stage capacitor with the first capacitor. A second switch couples the first former-stage capacitor with the second capacitor. A first reverse current preventing circuit couples a control electrode of the first switch alternately with the second capacitor and the second former-stage capacitor. A second reverse current preventing circuit couples a control electrode of the second switch alternately with the first capacitor and the first former-stage capacitor. Falling edges of the first and second clocks occur earlier than falling edges of the first and second former-stage clocks, respectively. Rising edges of the first and second former-stage clocks occur earlier than rising edges of the first and second clocks, respectively.