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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 73/00 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01); G01R 31/327 (2006.01); H02H 3/04 (2006.01); H03K 17/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/0061 (2013.01); G01R 19/165 (2013.01); G01R 31/327 (2013.01); H02H 3/04 (2013.01); H03K 17/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described for determining whether a switch circuit experienced one of a latched overload condition and an open load with no input voltage condition. In the techniques, a first diagnostic signal is output if the switch circuit experienced the latched overload condition. Also, in the techniques, a second, different diagnostic signal is output if the switch circuit experienced the open load with no input voltage condition.