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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Vidatronic Inc., College Station, TX (US);

Assignee:

Vidatronic Inc., College Station, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/165 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); G01R 31/64 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/16504 (2013.01); H03K 17/687 (2013.01); G01R 19/16595 (2013.01); G01R 31/64 (2020.01);
Abstract

A load detection circuit includes a variable current source circuit having a first input connected to a power supply, a second input, and a first output connected to an output load; a switched capacitor circuit having a third input connected to an external voltage reference signal, a fourth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, a fifth input connected to ground, a sixth input, and a second output; a comparator having a seventh input connected to the second output of the switched capacitor circuit, an eighth input connected to the first output of the variable current source, and a third output; an edge detector having a ninth input connected to the third output of the comparator, and a fourth output; and a digital controller having a fifth output connected to the variable current source and a sixth output connected to the switched capacitor circuit.


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