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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:
Dec. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2004
James M. Kronrod, Moraga, CA (US);
James J. Freeman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kelly Coffey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James M. Kronrod, Moraga, CA (US);
James J. Freeman, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kelly Coffey, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for measuring power of a circuit on a printed circuit board (PCB) including first and second circuits, a power strip, a power plane, and a calibration strip. The power strip is connected to the power plane to the first circuit, is embedded in the PCB during the manufacturing process, and also has at least two vias for measuring a voltage drop. The calibration strip is also embedded in the PCB during the manufacturing process and has at least two vias for measuring a voltage drop. The second circuit is configured to measure a voltage drop across the power strip as a first voltage and a voltage drop across the calibration strip as a second voltage, and to calculate the power being fed to the first circuit based on the first voltage and the second voltage.
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