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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
May. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.01); B60L 3/00 (2019.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0032 (2013.01); B60L 3/0046 (2013.01); B60L 3/0069 (2013.01); B60L 58/14 (2019.02); B60R 16/0238 (2013.01); G01R 31/3828 (2019.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments include an input circuit comprising: a pull-up resistor having one end thereof connected to an input terminal; a switch unit for establishing/blocking a connection between the other end of the pull-up resistor and a battery; and a dark current reduction unit connected between the other end of the pull-up resistor and the switch unit, and enabling different current paths to be formed in a normal mode and in a low power mode. The dark current reduction unit enables a current path in the low power mode to have a higher resistance than a current path in the normal mode.