Patent ID: 8619397
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H02H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a non-linear power management device having an output terminal configured to be coupled to an output shunt device configured to shunt energy in response to a voltage across the output shunt device exceeding a trigger voltage of the output shunt device, the non-linear power management device configured to change to a saturation mode in response to a first current associated with an energy pulse through the non-linear power management device, the non-liner power management device having a gate shorted to the output terminal; and an input shunt device coupled to an input terminal of the non-linear power management device and having a trigger voltage higher than the trigger voltage of the output shunt device, the input shunt device configured to shunt a second current associated with the energy pulse in response to a voltage drop across the non-linear power management device.