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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Semiconductor Components Industries, Llc, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Sam Vermeir, Hofstade, BE;
Leo Aichriedler, Ebersberg, DE;
Assignee:
SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 13/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 13/00 (2013.01); H05B 33/0887 (2013.01); G01R 31/026 (2013.01); G01R 31/2621 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49117 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49169 (2015.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a load detection circuit may include a first circuit configured to control a first transistor to form a load current to a load in a first operating mode of the load detection circuit, a second circuit configured to be coupled to form at least a portion of the load current in a second operating mode of the load detection circuit, and a detection circuit configured to detect the control electrode of the first transistor having a value that is less than a threshold value of the first transistor.