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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:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Inventors:
David F. Schneider, Sanford, NC (US);
Trevor W. Barcelo, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/02 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/0288 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01);
Abstract
A current monitor circuit comprises a sense transistor disposed in a first voltage domain; a reference transistor disposed in a second voltage domain isolated from the first voltage domain; and sensing circuitry configured to determine if a current in the sense transistor is greater than or less than a specified current using a current in the reference transistor.