Circuit for measuring and controlling differential voltages

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8018202
APP PUB NO 20090128095A1
SERIAL NO

12282534

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The invention relates to circuits for managing differential voltages in series. To individually control the differential voltages of voltage sources in series, there is provided an integrated control circuit for a set of N sources in series. This circuit comprises N discharge control and measurement cells which are each produced in a separate well, insulated from the substrate and from the other wells. The cells are linked to the circuits formed in the substrate by level translation circuits having a part inside the well and a part outside the well. These circuits use transistors withstanding voltages of several tens of volts. The integrated circuits may be cascaded on an SPI bus if one wishes to control a group of k.N sources with k>1.

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E2V SEMICONDUCTORSFRENCH SHENGAIGELEIFU SAINT-EGREVE ISERE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Durr, Michel La Buisse, FR 2 13
Espuno, Laurent St Nizier du Moucherotte, FR 2 15
Lebreton, Sébastien Fontanil Cornillon, FR 1 10
Masson, Thierry Varces, FR 14 115
Pinoncely, Pierre-Adrien Grenoble, FR 2 12

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