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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Horea-Stefan Culca, Siegburg, DE;
Moeller GmbH, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for monitoring a defined amplitude threshold value of a signal formed by alternating voltage and a circuit for carrying out such a method. The method includes (a) eliminating a negative input signal half-wave (b) stepping down the residual positive input signal half-wave, (c) testing whether the value of the stepped down input signal half-wave is above or below the threshold value and generating a first binary signal according to the testing, (d) monitoring, said monitoring being carried out simultaneously to steps (a) to (c), of the zero crossing of a reference signal formed by alternating voltage and generating a second binary signal according to the monitoring, (e) generating a third signal by delaying the second signal at a defined delay time such that a state change of the third signal results at the time of the respective vertex of the positive input signal half-wave, and (f) deciding whether the value of the positive input signal half-wave is above or below the threshold value, whereby a fourth binary signal is generated by evaluating the first signal at the time of the state change of the third signal.