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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
A power monitor circuit, includes a power delivery path including an input voltage, a first resistor, and a load. The power monitor circuit further includes a comparator to measure a voltage across the first resistor. The comparator includes an inverting input to measure a voltage on a first side of the first resistor, a non-inverting input to measure a voltage on a second side of the first resistor, a threshold input to receive a threshold input voltage level, and an output to generate a trip signal when the voltage across the first resistor meets the threshold input voltage input level. The power monitor circuit further includes a sub-circuit in series with the first resistor, the sub-circuit including a second resistor coupled to a Zener diode, the sub-circuit to feed the input voltage back into the inverting input of the comparator. A third resistor connected between the first resistor and the second resistor, divides down the input voltage, and a fourth resistor is connected between the sub-circuit and the threshold input of the comparator. The fourth resistor is to set a voltage at which the trip signal is generated.