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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Niels Anderskouv, Dallas, TX (US);
Lars Risbo, Copenhagen, DK;
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/926 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 2/926 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of measuring current in a switching circuit ( ) of the two-port type having a first set of terminals connected to a set of terminals of a noise reducing circuit, wherein a second set of terminals of the switching circuit has a switching terminal, which is adapted to be switched between the set of terminals of the noise reducing circuit, including the steps of providing an impedance in parallel with the switching circuit; measuring a current as a transient measurement during switching sequences in the switching circuit, the measurement being performed across an impedance in the noise reducing circuit.