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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Iain Barnett, Lasswade, GB;
William Michael James Holland, Edinburgh, GB;
Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Edinburgh, GB;
Iain Barnett, Lasswade, GB;
William Michael James Holland, Edinburgh, GB;
Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz, Edinburgh, GB;
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A signal level crossing detector circuit includes a DC isolator and a detector circuit. The DC isolator has at least a first input, which is operable to receive a high voltage AC signal, and at least a first capacitor, a first plate of the first capacitor being electrically connected to the first input. The detector circuit is operable at a low voltage and has at least a first detector input, the first detector input being electrically connected to a second plate of the first capacitor, the low voltage detector circuit being operable to provide a change in output signal in dependence on a high voltage AC signal on the first input crossing a predetermined signal level. The signal level crossing detector may be single ended or differential.