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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2016
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jean-Paul Eggermont, Pellaines, BE;
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
In one form, a circuit having a current sense element includes a current sense element, a target signal generator, and an error signal generator. The current sense element has first and second terminals and is adapted to be coupled in a current path whose current is to be sensed. The target signal generator generates a target signal representative of a condition of the current sense element when the current sense element conducts a target current. The error signal generator has an output for providing an error signal in response to both a current flowing through the current sense element and the target signal. In another form, a current regulated circuit includes a current conducting element such as a solenoid and a current control element coupled in series with the current conducting element and the current sense element.