Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Measuring a load resistance coupled to a transmission line
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Application No.: US16186207Application Date: 2018-11-09
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Publication No.: US11029348B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Sergey G. Muchiyev , Yaw Shing Tang , Cliff C. Zhang
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: G01R27/16
- IPC: G01R27/16 ; G11B5/48

Abstract:
Measurement circuitry is disclosed that is configured to be coupled to a load through a transmission line. A first AC signal having a frequency ω1 is applied to the transmission line and a first input impedance of the transmission line is measured. A second AC signal having a frequency ω2 is applied to the transmission line and a second input impedance of the transmission line is measured, wherein the frequency ω2 is different than the frequency ω1. A third AC signal having a frequency ω is applied to the transmission line and a third input impedance of the transmission line is measured, wherein the frequency ω is different than the frequency ω1 and different than the frequency ω2. A resistance of the load is measured based on the measured first input impedance, the measured second input impedance, and the measured third input impedance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200150166A1 MEASURING A LOAD RESISTANCE COUPLED TO A TRANSMISSION LINE Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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