Voltage detection systems and voltage detection circuits thereof
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsPo-Tang Hsu, Meng-Chang Tsai
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Abstract
A voltage detection system comprising a first circuit board, a second circuit board, and a voltage detection circuit. The voltage detection circuit comprises a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a resistor, and a voltage detection unit. Dummy lines of the first and second connection units are coupled in series. When lines of the first and second connection units are not aligned to lines of the first and second circuit boards, an entirety equivalent impedance of the dummy lines is decreased. When detecting that the entirety of equivalent impedance is decreased to be less than a predetermined value, the voltage detection unit enables a control signal.
Claims10
A voltage detection circuit coupled between a first and second circuit boards, the first circuit board having a first shorting line, the second circuit board having second and third shorting lines, the voltage detection circuit comprising:
- a first connection unit comprising:
- a first dummy line, wherein one terminal of the first dummy line is coupled to the first circuit board to receive a first voltage, and the other terminal of the first dummy line is coupled to one terminal of the second shorting line;
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- a second dummy line, wherein one terminal of the second dummy line is coupled to one terminal of the first shorting line, and the other terminal of the second dummy line is coupled to the other terminal of the second shorting line;
- a second connection unit comprising:
- a third dummy line, wherein one terminal of the third dummy line is coupled to the other terminal of the first shorting line, and the other terminal of the third dummy line is coupled to one terminal of the third shorting line;
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- a fourth dummy line having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to the first circuit board, and the second terminal is coupled to the other terminal of the third shorting line;
- a resistor having two terminals, wherein one terminal of the resistor is coupled to the first terminal, and the other terminal thereof receives a second voltage;
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- a voltage detection unit for detecting a voltage of the first terminal and outputting a control signal, wherein the voltage detection unit enables the control signal when the voltage of the first terminal is less than a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.