Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Two-step self-test circuit for microcontroller unit and antenna
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Application No.: US15674711Application Date: 2017-08-11
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Publication No.: US10067178B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Richard Allan Duke , John Lawrence Payne
- Applicant: Southwire Company, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Carrollton
- Assignee: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee: SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Carrollton
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R29/10 ; G01R35/00 ; G01R19/155 ; G01R15/18 ; G01R19/145 ; G01R31/02

Abstract:
A system is disclosed. The system includes an antenna and a processor. The processor has at least four ports: a first input port coupled to a first portion of the continuity component; a first output port coupled in series to a first resistor coupled to the first portion of the antenna and to ground via a second resistor; a second output port coupled through a third resistor to the first portion of the antenna; and a second input port coupled to a second portion of the antenna and through a fourth resistor to ground. The processor is operable to activate and deactivate the appropriate ports to put the processor in one of three operating modes: an AC detection mode, an AC self-test mode, and a continuity test mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180052195A1 Two-Step Self-Test Circuit for Microcontroller Unit and Antenna Public/Granted day:2018-02-22
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