Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and detector for determining a state of a switch
- Patent Title (中): 用于确定开关状态的方法和检测器
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Application No.: US12621238Application Date: 2009-11-18
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Publication No.: US08278932B2Publication Date: 2012-10-02
- Inventor: Bryan Quinones , Randall C. Gray
- Applicant: Bryan Quinones , Randall C. Gray
- Applicant Address: US TX Austin
- Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Austin
- Agent Joanna G. Chiu; Daniel D. Hill
- Main IPC: G01R31/02
- IPC: G01R31/02 ; G01R31/327 ; H01H47/00

Abstract:
In an integrated circuit, a state of a switch coupled to the integrated circuit is determined by comparing a switch voltage at a first terminal of the switch to a reference voltage at a first time. If the switch voltage is higher than the reference voltage, the switch is determined to be in a first state. If the switch voltage is lower than the reference voltage, the switch voltage is stored in a storage element to produce a stored voltage. The stored voltage is compared to the switch voltage at a second time after the first time. A determination is made that the switch is in the first state if the switch voltage is higher than the stored voltage at the second time. A determination is made that the switch is in a second state if the switch voltage is not higher than the stored voltage at the second time.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110115527A1 METHOD AND DETECTOR FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A SWITCH Public/Granted day:2011-05-19
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