Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stacked power supply monitor with sense-replica loop
- Patent Title (中): 堆叠式电源监视器,带有复制回路
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Application No.: US13086156Application Date: 2011-04-13
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Publication No.: US09250298B2Publication Date: 2016-02-02
- Inventor: Athos Canclini , Willem Johannes Kindt
- Applicant: Athos Canclini , Willem Johannes Kindt
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agent Andrew Viger; Frank D. Cimino
- Priority: ITBO10A0337 20100531
- Main IPC: G01N27/416
- IPC: G01N27/416 ; G01R31/36 ; G01R19/165 ; H01M10/48 ; H02J7/00 ; H03K5/24 ; H01M10/0525

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a sense module configured to be coupled to at least one power supply, where the sense module has a first leg. The apparatus also includes a replica module having a second leg, where the first and second legs have a common structure. The apparatus further includes a feedback loop configured to cause an output voltage across terminals of the replica module to at least substantially equal an input voltage across terminals of the sense module based on sense currents in the first and second legs. At least one cascode stage coupled to the sense module can be configured to reduce a voltage at which one or more signals from the sense module are referenced. One or more trim units can be used to reduce a gain error and/or an offset error between the input voltage and the output voltage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110291485A1 STACKED POWER SUPPLY MONITOR WITH SENSE-REPLICA LOOP Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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