Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Voltage monitor using a capacitive digital-to-analog converter
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Application No.: US17824505Application Date: 2022-05-25
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Publication No.: US11852663B2Publication Date: 2023-12-26
- Inventor: Rajat Chauhan , Danielle Griffith , Per Torstein Roine , James Murdock , Bernhard Ruck
- 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 Mandy Barsilai Fernandez; Frank D. Cimino
- Main IPC: G01R19/257
- IPC: G01R19/257 ; H03M1/66 ; G01R31/3835

Abstract:
One example relates to a monitoring circuit that includes a capacitive digital-to-analog converter that receives a binary code, a reference voltage, a monitored voltage, and a ground reference, the capacitive digital-to-analog converter outputting an analog signal based on the binary code, the reference voltage, the monitored voltage, and the ground reference. The monitoring circuit further includes a comparator including a first input coupled to receive the analog signal and a second input coupled to the reference voltage, the comparator comparing the analog signal to the reference voltage and outputting a comparator signal based on the comparison. The monitoring circuit yet further includes a binary code generator that generates the binary code based on the comparator signal, the binary code approximating a magnitude of the monitored voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220283207A1 VOLTAGE MONITOR USING A CAPACITIVE DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2022-09-08
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