It should be noted that any combination of the components described above, any component of the present invention, or any manifestation thereof may be mutually substituted between a method, apparatus, system, and so forth, which are also effective as an embodiment of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Embodiments will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings which are meant to be exemplary, not limiting, and wherein like elements are numbered alike in several Figures, in which:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a power management circuit according to an embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first system including a power management circuit;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a second system including a power management circuit;
FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing an example configuration of a mode selector;
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example configuration of a first pre-driver and a second pre-driver;
FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are circuit diagrams each showing an overcurrent protection circuit;
FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B are circuit diagrams each showing a peak current detection circuit;