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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Mitsuyori Saito, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/22 (2006.01); H03K 5/153 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01); G05F 3/26 (2006.01); G05F 1/595 (2006.01); G05F 1/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/468 (2013.01); G05F 1/562 (2013.01); G05F 1/595 (2013.01); G05F 3/262 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a monitored component and a comparator configured to compare a sense voltage from the monitored component with a reference voltage. The system also includes an adaptive input clamping circuit configured to limit the sense voltage input to the comparator to below an upper threshold voltage.