Methods for trimming electrical parameters in an electrical circuit
AssigneePower Integrations, Inc.
InventorBalu Balakrishnan
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Electrical circuit trimming methods. In one aspect of the invention, a trimming method includes assembling one or more components of an electrical circuit onto a printed circuit board having one or more electrical connections coupled to the said one or more components. An electrical parameter of the electrical circuit is then trimmed. The trimming of the electrical parameter of the electrical circuit includes removing a portion of the printed circuit board to break the electrical connection on the printed circuit board. In another aspect of the invention, the trimming the electrical parameter of the electrical circuit includes electrical programming of the electrical circuit.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- assembling an electrical circuit onto a printed circuit board having one or more electrical connections coupled to one or more components on the printed circuit board;
- and
- adjusting an electrical parameter of the electrical circuit after the electrical circuit is assembled onto the printed circuit board by removing a portion of the printed circuit board to break the electrical connection on the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.