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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mario Motz, Wernberg, AT;
Ulrich Theus, Gundelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
Micronas GmbH, Freiburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/00 ;
Abstract
To detect a fault state due to a line break in power supply lines on the receiving side during the operation of a transducer device, the transducer output voltage is forced to an extreme voltage range by a co-integrated p-channel-depletion-transistor. As a result, the signal detection device can reliably detect the presence of the fault state due to a line break in the supply feed lines.