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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. 26, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Marcel Pelgrom, Helmond, NL;
Violeta Petrescu, Vosselaar, BE;
Hendrickus Joseph Maria Veendrick, Heeze, NL;
Inventors:
Marcel Pelgrom, Helmond, NL;
Violeta Petrescu, Vosselaar, BE;
Hendrickus Joseph Maria Veendrick, Heeze, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/36 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An integrated circuit is provided with a distributed supply voltage monitoring system in which a single controller controls a plurality of voltage monitors located in respective modules of the integrated circuit. The controller and each circuit form a successive approximation analogue to digital converter Such a system enables a small size monitoring circuit to be realized for every module of the integrated circuit.