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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2020
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Matthew Severson, Austin, TX (US);
Timothy Zoley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Lipeng Cao, La Jolla, CA (US);
Kevin Bradley Citterelle, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus including a printed circuit board (PCB) including a sense resistor; and an integrated circuit (IC) mounted on the PCB, wherein at least a portion of the IC draws current from a power rail, wherein the sense resistor is coupled between the power rail and the IC, wherein the sense resistor is configured to produce a sense voltage in response to the current drawn by the at least portion of the IC, and wherein the IC includes a current sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of the current drawn by the at least portion of the IC based on the sense voltage.