Monitoring current in power switch devices
US9541932B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03K2217/0027
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In one example, a method includes generating, by a main switching element of a device, a load current; generating, by a regulation loop of the device, a sense current proportional to the load current; directly converting, by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) of the device, the sense current into a digital sense current value; and outputting, by the device and to an external device, a digital representation of the load current based on the digital sense current value.
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