Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuit arrangement, method and system for use in a safety-critical application
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Application No.: US14219805Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US09647449B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Markus Zannoth
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Priority: DE102013004974 20130321
- Main IPC: H02H9/00
- IPC: H02H9/00 ; G01R31/02 ; G01R19/165

Abstract:
An integrated circuit arrangement (100, 200, 600) has a first circuit part (102, 202, 602) which can be supplied with a first supply voltage (106, 206, 606), and a second circuit part (104, 204, 604) which can be supplied with a second supply voltage (108, 208, 608). The first circuit part and the second circuit part are arranged in a manner spatially separate from one another. The first circuit part has a first conduction element (110, 210, 310, 410, 610), and the second circuit part has a second conduction element (112, 212, 312, 412, 612). The integrated circuit arrangement also has a third conduction element (114, 214, 314, 414, 614), the third conduction element being arranged between the first conduction element and the second conduction element in such a manner that the third conduction element is arranged adjacent to the first conduction element and the third conduction element is also arranged adjacent to the second conduction element. The third conduction element can be supplied with a reference potential (116, 216, 616) at a first end, and the third conduction element is connected, at a second end, to an evaluation circuit (118, 218, 618) for detecting a short circuit from the first conduction element to the third conduction element or from the second conduction element to the third conduction element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140285032A1 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN A SAFETY-CRITICAL APPLICATION Public/Granted day:2014-09-25
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