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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Dialog Semiconductor Gmbh, Kirchheim/Teck-Nabern, DE;

Inventors:

Horst Knoedgen, Munich, DE;

Julian Tyrrell, Swindon, GB;

Hidenori Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); H05B 33/08 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 33/0887 (2013.01); G01R 19/0084 (2013.01); G01R 19/155 (2013.01); H05B 33/0809 (2013.01); H05B 33/0845 (2013.01); H05B 33/0815 (2013.01);
Abstract

Measurement circuits which are configured to measure wide ranges of the input voltage using a sensed input voltage of the driver circuits for solid state lighting (SSL) devices are presented. The measurement circuit comprises a first resistor which is coupled at a first side to the input voltage. The measurement circuit comprises current mirror circuitry coupled at an input to a second side of the first resistor, and which translates an input current at the input of the current mirror circuitry into an output current at an output of the current mirror circuitry, such that the output current is proportional to the input current by a current mirror ratio. The measurement circuit comprises a second resistor coupled to the output of the current mirror circuitry and to provide the sensed input voltage, when the input voltage is coupled to the first side of the first resistor.


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