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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myron Ihor Senyk, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Colm Peter Boran, Novi, MI (US);
William Eugene Gioiosa, Jr., Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/500 ;
Abstract
A circuit for interfacing with a sensor having a sensor input current and a modulated sensor current signal corresponding to a sensed condition. A control module is coupled to the sensor and receives the sensor current signal. The control module converts the sensor current signal to a modulated signal having a pulse width with a duration corresponding to the sensed condition. The control module counts a time corresponding to the pulse width. The time corresponds to the sensed condition.