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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:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur J Edwards, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3241 / ; 324 731 ; 3241 / ;
Abstract
A method for establishing a test mode in an electronic module (10) having an internal fault detector (26) that limits the current in an output transistor (Q1) when an abnormal signal level appears at an output pin (16). An abnormal signal level is intentionally established on the output pin to enable the fault detector, and such enablement is sensed to trigger the test mode within the module. Apparatus for implementing this method in a voltage regulator is also disclosed.