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US 2023/0194575 A1Published application
Diode voltage measurement systems
AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorScott R. Durkee
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AssigneeSimmonds Precision Products, Inc.
InventorScott R. Durkee
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A diode voltage measurement system can include a plurality of diodes connected in series along a single line. The plurality of diodes can include N diodes. The system can include a plurality of capacitors for at least N−1 of the diodes. Each capacitor can be connected in parallel to the single line with a respective diode to form a respective diode-capacitor (DC) pair. Each DC pair can be configured such that each DC pair reaches a steady state voltage at a different time. The system can include a current supply connected to the single line to supply a current to the line. The system can include a control module configured to sense a total voltage across the single line and to successively determine voltage of each diode from the total voltage based on the current, a known total steady state voltage, and known time-to-steady-state-voltages of each DC pair and/or diode.
A diode voltage measurement system, comprising:
A control module configured to sense a total voltage across a single line and to successively determine a voltage across each of a plurality of diodes on the single line from the total voltage based on a current and a known time-to-steady-state-voltage of at least one diode-capacitor (DC) pair having at least one diode of the plurality of diodes.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer executable instructions configured to cause a computer to perform a method, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.