Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Current-limiting logic interface circuit
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Application No.: US10242518Application Date: 2002-09-12
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Publication No.: US07091633B2Publication Date: 2006-08-15
- Inventor: Thierry Castagnet , Olivier Ladiray
- Applicant: Thierry Castagnet , Olivier Ladiray
- Applicant Address: FR Montrouge
- Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: FR Montrouge
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Agent Lisa K. Jorgenson; William R. McClellan
- Priority: FR0111784 20010912
- Main IPC: H01H35/00
- IPC: H01H35/00 ; H02H3/08 ; H02H9/02 ; H02H3/00 ; H02H7/00

Abstract:
A circuit of interface between a logic sensor and a logic input isolation barrier of a processing circuit, including an element of protection against input overvoltages, a current-limiting circuit connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal of the interface circuit, and a control stage connected in parallel with the galvanic isolation element to be controlled to control the logic states thereof, the control stage inhibiting the operation of the galvanic isolation element if the input current is smaller than a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030048008A1 Current-limiting logic interface circuit Public/Granted day:2003-03-13
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