Patent ID: 8542064
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A circuit to control power in a printer, the circuit comprising: a first field effect transistor having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, the second terminal coupled with a first voltage input; a second field effect transistor having a fourth terminal, a fifth terminal, and a sixth terminal, the fourth terminal coupled with the first terminal of the first field effect transistor, the fifth terminal coupled with a second voltage input; and a first comparator having a first input coupled to the first input voltage, the first comparator having a second input coupled to the second input voltage, and the first comparator having a first output coupled with the third terminal via a second comparator, the second comparator having: (1) a third input coupled to a first reference voltage, (2) a fourth input coupled to the output of the first comparator, and (3) an output coupled with the third terminal.