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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. 16, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Tod F. Schiff, Portland, OR (US);
Rodney J. Goldhammer, Oregon City, OR (US);
Gabor T. Reizik, Dublin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tod F. Schiff, Portland, OR (US);
Rodney J. Goldhammer, Oregon City, OR (US);
Gabor T. Reizik, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Semiconductor Components Industries, L.L.C., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power supply monitoring system generates a monitor signal having information on more than one aspect of the power supply output. In one example embodiment, the monitor signal may be implemented as a square wave in which the duty cycle is proportional to output current, the peak amplitude is proportional to output voltage, and the average value is equal to output power.