Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Square-wave-based impedance analysis
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Application No.: US15389053Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US10191097B2Publication Date: 2019-01-29
- Inventor: Charles Kasimer Sestok, IV , Srinath Ramaswamy , Anand Ganesh Dabak , Domingo G. Garcia , Baher Haroun , Alan Henry Leek , Ryan Michael Brown
- Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agent Michael A. Davis, Jr.; Charles A. Brill; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R27/16
- IPC: G01R27/16

Abstract:
A microcontroller-based system for measuring the impedance of a device under test (DUT), responsive to a square wave stimulus, includes parallel stimulus signal paths, selectable by a switch, that can correspond to different stimulus frequency ranges. At least one of the paths includes an off-chip PLL and integer divider circuit to modify the frequency of the stimulus. A discrete Fourier transform executed by a processor is used to determine the impedance of the DUT at the stimulus frequency. Multiple frequencies can be analyzed at the same time by using a summation circuit and/or by analyzing odd harmonics of the stimulus frequency.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180180652A1 SQUARE-WAVE-BASED IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS Public/Granted day:2018-06-28
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