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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Simone Fabbro, Villach, AT;
Karl Norling, Villach, AT;
Christian Lindholm, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit arrangement for detecting a load current through a load includes a main transistor, a sensing transistor through which a load current flows that is a measure of the load current flowing through the main transistor. In addition, a resistance is connected in series with the load path of the sensing transistor, and a current source is connected to a node arranged between the sensing transistor and the resistance. A detector detects the load current flowing through the main transistor by measuring the voltage across the resistance.