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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Martin Pavlovsky, Munich, DE;
Heiko Rettinger, Munich, DE;
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring overcurrent and zero voltage are disclosed. These devices, systems, and methods monitor an input/output pin of an electronic device to determine a period of time when monitoring for an overcurrent of the input/output pin of the electronic device is not performed and compare a first input voltage to a first reference voltage during the period of time when monitoring for the overcurrent of the input/output pin of the electronic device is not performed so as to determine when a diode is conducting current, the diode being located across a switch being monitored for a zero voltage state, wherein the diode conducting current indicates that the switch is at the zero voltage state.