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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Zhaomin Meng, Shanghai, CN;

Hui Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Jiuliang Ding, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G01R 15/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); G01R 31/66 (2020.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); H05B 45/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/16576 (2013.01); G01R 15/04 (2013.01); G01R 31/52 (2020.01); G01R 31/66 (2020.01); H05B 45/14 (2020.01); H05B 45/50 (2020.01);
Abstract

A voltage sensing circuit uses a voltage divider for providing a sense signal indicating the voltage across a circuit component. A current injector is used for injecting current to the sensing terminal. A sense signal is obtained with no current injection, to determine if a fault is present. The sensing terminal is coupled to the external circuit component via a voltage clamping component. A further sense signal is obtained in response to the injection of current. By comparing the sense signal in response to the injected current and a clamping voltage of the voltage clamping component, it can then be determined if the fault is caused by the circuit component or by the voltage divider.


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