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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Rousset) Sas, Rousset, FR;
Inventor:
Bruno Gailhard, Rognes, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS, Rousset, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/16552 (2013.01); G01R 19/16528 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes selecting at least one first voltage that defines subsets of DC voltages from among an ordered set of DC voltages, comparing the first voltage with a DC reference voltage, selecting one of the subsets based on a result of the comparing, and comparing each voltage of the selected subset with the reference voltage.