Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load connection detection
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Application No.: US14553740Application Date: 2014-11-25
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Publication No.: US09772367B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: John William Kesterson , Yong Li , Fuqiang Shi
- Applicant: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Campbell
- Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Campbell
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: H02H1/00
- IPC: H02H1/00 ; G01R31/04 ; G01R31/02

Abstract:
An apparatus comprises an output port to be connected to a load; a first input port to receive a first input signal; and a second input port coupled between the first input port and the output port, to receive a second input signal. The apparatus further comprises a coupling circuit to couple the second input signal to the output port and a frequency isolation circuit that has a frequency response to propagate the first input signal to the output port but prevent the second input signal from propagating to the first input port. The apparatus also comprises a detection circuit to determine a voltage of an output signal at the output port, the output signal having a first amplitude range with a load absent at the output port and having a second amplitude range lower than the first amplitude range with the load present at the output port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160146877A1 Load Connection Detection Public/Granted day:2016-05-26
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