Patent · US Expired

Circuit arrangement for monitoring the current supply of an electric consumer

US4716372A · kind A · utility

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3References

8Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Edwin Fauser · Ditzingen, DE
Hans List · Prien am Chiemsee, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 1986
Grant date	Dec 29, 1987
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2006

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG05F1/571
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A circuit arrangement for monitoring the current supply of an electric consumer has a voltage regulator connected to an operating voltage that is variable over time and has a voltage monitor for switching on a consumer exclusively during the constant phase of the supply voltage. The voltage monitor is defined by a comparator at one input of which a reference voltage proportional to the regulator output voltage is present and at the other input of which a difference voltage picked up at the regulator output and exceeding a threshold value is present. A switch-on and switch-off signal can be take off at the comparator output.

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