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Circuit for current measurement and current monitoring

US7075464B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 26, 2005
Grant dateJul 11, 2006
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R31/006
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A circuit for current measurement and current monitoring in a motor vehicle is provided, with a measuring circuit with a first subtractor circuit, connected to a measuring resistor; an offset circuit, which is connected to the first subtractor circuit in such a way that a first output voltage of the first subtractor circuit is increased by an offset voltage; a second subtractor circuit, which is connected to the offset circuit and the first subtractor circuit in such a way that a second output voltage of the second subtractor circuit is substantially independent of the offset voltage, and a comparator circuit with at least one switching threshold, which is connected to the second subtractor circuit for comparison of the second output voltage with the at least one switching threshold.

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