Discharge device for discharging internal power of electronic device
AssigneeWinbond Electronics Corp.
InventorYing-Ting Ma
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Abstract
A discharge device is provided. The discharge device discharges an internal power of an electronic device. The discharge device includes a voltage regulation circuit, a charge storage circuit, a control signal generator and a discharge path. The voltage regulation circuit regulates the internal power to a regulated power. The charge storage circuit stores the regulated power. The control signal generator is configured to receive the regulated power and an external power, enabled according to the regulated power, and generating a control signal in response to a voltage level of the external power. The discharge path is configured to receive the internal power, and turned on according to the control signal to discharge the internal power.
Claims10
A discharge device for discharging an internal power of an electronic device, wherein the discharge device comprises:
- a voltage regulation circuit, configured to receive the internal power and regulate the internal power to a regulated power;
- a charge storage circuit, coupled to the voltage regulation circuit, and configured to store the regulated power;
- a control signal generator, coupled to the voltage regulation circuit and the charge storage circuit, configured to receive the regulated power and an external, power directly, enabled according to the regulated power, and generating a control signal in response to a voltage level of the external power, wherein the electronic device is enabled by the external power to generate the internal power;
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- a discharge path, coupled to the control signal generator, configured to receive the internal power, and turned on according to the control signal to discharge the internal power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.