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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd., Edinburgh, GB;
Andrew James Howlett, Edinburgh, GB;
Gordon Russell, Edinburgh, GB;
Cirrus Logic Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
This application relates to monitoring of electronic devices () and in particular to methods and apparatus for the detection and recording of an electrical overstress applied to a connector () of the device. The apparatus describes an integrated circuit () of the host device having a first set of one or more circuit contacts () for connection to a connector () of a host electronic device. The circuit has an electrical overstress monitor () for detecting and recording an electrical overstress comprising a voltage exceeding a predetermined parameter applied to at least one of said first set of circuit contacts. The electrical overstress monitor () may have an overvoltage detector () and may have a memory () for recording the occurrence of an overvoltage and/or a communication module () for communicating with other components of the host device in the event of an electrical overstress.