Voltage detecting circuit for a power system
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsShigeki Furuya, Koji Oka
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Abstract
A voltage detecting circuit for detecting a state of a first voltage includes a detection voltage generating circuit for generating a detection voltage depending on the first voltage, a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage, a comparison circuit for comparing the detection voltage with the reference voltage and outputting a result of the comparison as a detection signal, and a control circuit for controlling at least one of the detection voltage generating circuit, the reference voltage generating circuit, and the comparison circuit so that at least one of these circuits operates intermittently.
Claims8
A voltage detecting circuit for detecting a state of a first voltage, comprising:
- a detection voltage generating circuit for generating a detection voltage depending on the first voltage;
- a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage;
- a comparison circuit for comparing the detection voltage with the reference voltage and outputting a result of the comparison as a detection signal;
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- a control circuit for controlling at least one of the detection voltage generating circuit, the reference voltage generating circuit, and the comparison circuit so that at least one of these circuits operates intermittently, in accordance with a clock signal.
A voltage detecting method for detecting a state of a first voltage, comprising the step of intermittently comparing a detection voltage as a monitor of the first voltage with a reference voltage, and outputting a result of the comparison as a detection signal, in accordance with a clock signal.
A voltage detecting circuit for detecting a state of a first voltage, comprising:
- a detection voltage generating circuit for generating a detection voltage depending on the first voltage;
- a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage;
- a comparison circuit for comparing the detection voltage with the reference voltage and outputting a result of the comparison as a detection signal;
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- a control circuit for controlling at least the comparison circuit, so that the comparison circuit operates intermittently, in accordance with a clock signal.
A voltage detecting circuit for detecting a state of a first voltage, comprising:
- a detection voltage generating circuit for generating a detection voltage depending on the first voltage;
- a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage;
- a comparison circuit for comparing the detection voltage with the reference voltage and outputting a result of the comparison as a detection signal;
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- a control circuit for controlling at least the detection voltage generating circuit and the reference voltage generating circuit, so that the detection voltage generating circuit and the reference voltage generating circuit operate intermittently, in accordance with a clock signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.