Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coulomb counting using analog-to-frequency conversion
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Application No.: US14482291Application Date: 2014-09-10
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Publication No.: US09766295B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Oleksandr Kokorin , Laszlo Lipcsei
- Applicant: O2Micro Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: O2Micro Inc.
- Current Assignee: O2Micro Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G01N27/416
- IPC: G01N27/416 ; G01R31/36 ; H03K7/06

Abstract:
In an analog-to-frequency converting circuit, a set of switches receive a first sense signal indicative of a current and provides a second sense signal that alternates between an original version of the first sense signal and a reversed version of the first sense signal, under control of a switching signal. An integral comparing circuit integrates the second sense signal to generate an integral value and generates a train of trigger signals. Each trigger signal is generated when the integral value reaches a preset reference. A compensation circuit compensates for the integral value with a predetermined value in response to each trigger signal. A control circuit generates the switching signal such that a time interval during which the second sense signal is the original version and a time interval during which the second sense signal is the reversed version are substantially the same.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160069960A1 COULOMB COUNTING USING ANALOG-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERSION Public/Granted day:2016-03-10
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