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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Kedar Godbole, San Jose, CA (US);
Hariom Rai, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kedar Godbole, San Jose, CA (US);
Hariom Rai, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2006.01); H02J 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit may include a switch mode power converter that intermittently enables a current path in response to a switch control signal; a duty cycle measurement circuit that generates a duty cycle value corresponding to a duty cycle of the switch control signal; and an evaluation circuit that activates a failure indication in response to the duty cycle value being outside of at least one limit.