Universal serial bus voltage discharge

An apparatus, comprising:

• a transistor configuration configured to provide a discharge path for a universal serial bus voltage based upon a voltage applied to a gate of a transistor of the transistor configuration;
• and
• a Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery (USB-PD) controller instantiated as an integrated circuit configured to provide universal serial bus power delivery control, wherein the USB-PD controller comprises:
• a gate driver configured to control the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor to control the transistor configuration to provide the discharge path for the universal serial bus voltage to discharge;
• and
• an amplifier configured to output a voltage signal to the gate driver to control the gate driver, wherein the voltage signal is based upon incrementally increasing voltage values applied to the amplifier, wherein the incrementally increasing voltage values are increased according to a periodic interval until a discharge trigger point is detected;
• wherein the amplifier and the gate driver are disabled from discharging the universal serial bus voltage based upon the universal serial bus voltage reaching a target discharge voltage.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a transistor configuration configured to provide a discharge path for a universal serial bus voltage based upon a voltage applied to a gate of a transistor of the transistor configuration;
• and
• a Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery (USB-PD) controller instantiated as an integrated circuit configured to provide universal serial bus power delivery control, wherein the USB-PD controller comprises:
• a gate driver configured to control the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor to control the transistor configuration to provide the discharge path for the universal serial bus voltage to discharge;
• an amplifier configured to output a voltage signal to the gate driver to control the gate driver, wherein the voltage signal is based upon incrementally increasing voltage values applied to the amplifier, wherein the incrementally increasing voltage values are increased according to a periodic interval until a discharge trigger point is detected;
• and
• a pull down device configured to pull down the voltage applied to the gate of the transistor to close the discharge path in response to a drain voltage of the transistor crossing the universal serial bus voltage.