公开(公告)号：US10725118B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16124261

申请日：2018-09-07

Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

Inventor： Dileep Kumar R ,  Srihari Varma Datla ,  Dipankar Mandal

IPC: G01R19/145 ,  G01R31/02 ,  G01R31/50 ,  H03F3/68 ,  H03K5/24 ,  H03F3/45

Abstract: A floating input detection method and circuits. A method for detecting a floating signal input terminal includes providing a common-mode input voltage to a first amplifier coupled to the signal input terminal, and providing an output signal generated by the first amplifier to: a non-inverting input of a second amplifier coupled to the signal input terminal, an inverting input of the second amplifier, coarse detection circuitry, and fine float detection circuitry. The method also includes comparing, by the coarse detection circuitry, the output signal to a first threshold voltage, and determining the signal input terminal to be not floating responsive to the comparing indicating that the output signal is greater than the first threshold voltage.