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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Dell Products, Lp, Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G11C 29/50 (2006.01); G11C 29/12 (2006.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); G11C 29/12005 (2013.01); G11C 29/50004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for identifying a short circuit at a circuit node may include activating a current source to drive a signal at the circuit node, and sampling a voltage level at the circuit node at a particular time. The method may further include determining that the circuit node is not shorted to another circuit node if the voltage level at the first circuit node exceeds a threshold value; and determining that the first circuit node is shorted to another circuit node if the voltage level at the first circuit node does not exceed the threshold value.