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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Lothar Blossfeld, Breitnau, DE;
Ralf Janke, Gundelfingen, DE;
Micronas GmbH, Freiburg, DE;
Abstract
A sensor module ( ) is constructed as a solid state integrated circuit (IC) and has a sensor ( ) as well as at least one measuring amplifier ( ), wherein the sensor module has external connections at least for the power supply and for the output measurement signal. In the sensor module an evaluation circuit ( ) is provided that is connected to at least one internal measurement point of the circuit. The evaluation circuit ( ) is connected to a modulator ( ) for modulation of the supply current and/or the supply voltage and/or the output measurement signal, in order to output a diagnostic signal, which is formed from an internal circuit measurement value, via the available external connections of the sensor module.
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