Patent ID: 11945331
Assignee: CPS TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 15:
16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the secondary switching circuit comprises:
a solid-state switching device and a diode;
a current mirror branch electrically coupled between the solid-state switching device and the diode; and
short-circuit protection circuitry electrically coupled between the current mirror branch and a gate of the solid-state switching device, the short-circuit protection circuitry being configured to:
determine when a short-circuit condition is expected to be present based at least in part on current through the current mirror branch; and
when the short-circuit condition is expected to be present:
instruct the secondary switching circuit to transition from the closed configuration to an open configuration; and
output a clock signal to wake-up the battery control system to enable the battery control system to confirm whether the short-circuit condition is actually present.