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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:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Thomas Sawyers, Houston, TX (US);

Jon G Lloyd, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/46 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G01R 19/10 (2006.01); G01R 19/25 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G01R 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/46 (2013.01); G01R 19/10 (2013.01); G01R 19/2506 (2013.01); G01R 27/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example provides an apparatus for determining an attribute of an adapter based on a ratio of voltage divider outputs. The apparatus may include a first analog-to-digital converter to provide a first digital signal corresponding to a first output voltage of a first voltage divider connected between a power node and a ground node, the first voltage divider formed, at least in part, when the apparatus is operatively coupled to the adapter. The apparatus may include a second analog-to-digital converter to provide a second digital signal corresponding to a second output voltage of a second voltage divider connected between the power node and the ground node. The attribute of the adapter may be determined based on a ratio of the output voltages.


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