Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Failure detection in a voltage regulator
- Patent Title (中): 电压调节器故障检测
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Application No.: US11729646Application Date: 2007-03-29
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Publication No.: US07692910B2Publication Date: 2010-04-06
- Inventor: Jack Lavier , Samuel M. Babb , Kelly Jean Pracht
- Applicant: Jack Lavier , Samuel M. Babb , Kelly Jean Pracht
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Main IPC: H02H3/08
- IPC: H02H3/08 ; H02H9/02 ; G05J1/569 ; G05J1/573

Abstract:
A control logic detects voltage regulator failure in a power supply. The control logic comprises first and second lines configured for respective connection to a controller node and a phase node of a voltage regulator, a delay element coupled to the first line configured to delay signals at the controller node into alignment with signals at the phase node, and a level detector coupled to the second line configured to convert the signals at the phase node into at least two digital representations indicative of respective signal thresholds. A logic compares timing of the delayed signals with the digital representations and detects occurrence of a voltage regulator fault based on the timing comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080239593A1 Failure detection in a voltage regulator Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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