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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Bryan Avery Legates, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert Mien-yee Wu, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Bryan Avery Legates, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert Mien-Yee Wu, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Circuitry arranged for sensing a variable polarity signal comprises an input node supplied with the variable polarity signal to produce an input signal. A first sensing circuit is responsive to the input signal having a first polarity for producing a first signal. A level shifting circuit is responsive to the input signal having a second polarity for shifting a level of the input signal to produce a shifted signal of the first polarity at a level determined by the input signal.