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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Nxp B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Clemens Gerhardus Johannes de Haas, Ewijk, NL;
Luc van Dijk, Nijmegen, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 47/32 (2006.01); H01H 47/00 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 47/32 (2013.01); F02N 11/087 (2013.01); H01H 47/001 (2013.01); H01H 47/002 (2013.01); F02N 2200/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for driving a relay circuit involves driving a relay circuit using a first driver circuit if a voltage of a battery supply for the relay circuit is lower than a voltage threshold and driving the relay circuit using a second driver circuit if the voltage of the battery supply for the relay circuit is higher than the voltage threshold.