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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:
Sep. 26, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Noriyuki Murashima, Chino, JP;

Takemi Yonezawa, Minowa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G01P 15/125 (2006.01); G01P 21/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/28 (2013.01); G01P 15/125 (2013.01); G01P 21/00 (2013.01); G05F 1/10 (2013.01); G01P 2015/0814 (2013.01); Y10T 307/664 (2015.04);
Abstract

A physical quantity detecting sensor includes a physical quantity detecting sensor element and an IC connected to the physical quantity detecting sensor element. The IC includes: a logic circuit; an analog circuit; a first regulator that supplies a logic power supply voltage generated based on a power supply voltage to the logic circuit; a second regulator that is switched to enable or disable and supplies an analog power supply voltage, which is generated based on the power supply voltage when the second regulator is set to enable, to the analog circuit; and a switch for supplying the logic power supply voltage to the analog circuit when the second regulator is set to disable.


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