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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2013
Kamel Abouda, Saint Lys, FR;
Stephanie Creveau-boury, Toulouse, FR;
Murielle Delage, Fonsorbes, FR;
Pierre Turpin, Toulouse, FR;
Kamel Abouda, Saint Lys, FR;
Stephanie Creveau-Boury, Toulouse, FR;
Murielle Delage, Fonsorbes, FR;
Pierre Turpin, Toulouse, FR;
FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of and apparatus for fault detection utilizing a diagnostic procedure by a diagnostic device to detect a short circuit between at least two of a plurality of load electrical connections, the diagnostic procedure comprising applying a test electrical signal to each of the load electrical connections in turn and while applying the test electrical signal to a first one of the load electrical connections, detecting whether an electrical output is present, in response, on any other of the load electrical connections, wherein the detecting by the diagnostic device includes applying the test electrical signal to the first one of the load electrical connections in an operational mode of the apparatus when an electrically controlled switch connected to the first one of the load electrical connections is in an off state.