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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robert Allan Neidorff, Bedford, NH (US);
Robert Kenneth Oppen, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0812 (2006.01); G01K 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01); H03K 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/0812 (2013.01); G01K 7/00 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01); H03K 2017/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract
In at least one example, an apparatus includes a logic circuit having a switch control output and first and second logic circuit inputs. A pulse generator has a generator output coupled to the first logic circuit input. An elevated temperature detector has a detector output and a temperature sensor. The detector output is coupled between the second logic circuit input and the temperature sensor.