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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Applicants:
Marcellus C. Harper, Kaysville, UT (US);
William Picken, San Jose, CA (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcellus C. Harper, Kaysville, UT (US);
William Picken, San Jose, CA (US);
Yusuf Haque, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Crest Semiconductors, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for measuring electric current applied to a load includes: with a sensor element having an inaccuracy, measuring an electric current supplied to a load to produce a measurement of the electric current; with the sensor element, measuring the electric current with an added perturbation current; and using measurements of the electric current taken with and without the perturbation current to refine the measurement of the electric current.