Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system that determines the value of a resistor in linear and non-linear resistor sets
- Patent Title (中): 确定线性和非线性电阻组中电阻值的方法和系统
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Application No.: US13469737Application Date: 2012-05-11
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Publication No.: US09279840B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Hrvoje Jasa , Gregory A. Maher
- Applicant: Hrvoje Jasa , Gregory A. Maher
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01R27/08
- IPC: G01R27/08 ; G01R31/08 ; G01R27/14 ; G01R27/02 ; G01R27/20

Abstract:
The present subject matter refers to apparatus and methods for identifying a resistance level of a resistor. In an example, circuit configured to identify a resistor can include a plurality of current sources, each current source selectively coupled to the resistor to generate a resistor voltage, a comparator configured to compare the resistor voltage and a reference voltage, and to provide an output indicative of the comparison, and a controller configured to selectively couple a first one or more current sources of the plurality of current sources to the resistor, and to selectively couple a second one or more current sources of the plurality of current sources to the resistor in response to the output indicative of the comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120223728A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM THAT DETERMINES THE VALUE OF A RESISTOR IN LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR RESISTOR SETS Public/Granted day:2012-09-06
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