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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:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ludwig Leipold, late of München, DE;
Paul Nance, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method for generating a control signal after a predeterminable period of time is described. The method includes applying a voltage to an inductor at a beginning of a time measurement; and outputting, via a current threshold value detector, the control signal if a current through the inductor exceeds a predeterminable threshold value. The invention also relates to a timing circuit.