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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Cas Groot, Antwerp, BE;
Rinze Meijer, Herkenbosch, NL;
Inventors:
Cas Groot, Antwerp, BE;
Rinze Meijer, Herkenbosch, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); H03K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 19/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract
Power switching is facilitated. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a power-switch apparatus includes a plurality of switches coupled between a voltage supply and a switched voltage output. A test control circuit operates the switches for testing a subset thereof, therein indicating a condition of the subset, which may be indicated independently from a condition of the power-switch apparatus as a whole. In some implementations, on-chip current loads are applied to emulate off-chip loads for testing the subset of switches, or individual switches.