Ripple monitoring
First Claim
1. A ripple monitoring circuit for generating information indicative of a failing component in a power supply, the ripple monitoring circuit comprising:
- at least one input that receives a ripple signal from the power supply that has a ripple component;
a quantization circuit that quantizes an amplitude of the ripple component based on the ripple signal, the quantization circuit outputs a digital signal; and
a ripple amplitude statistics counter bank comprising a plurality of counters, the ripple amplitude statistics counter bank being configured to receive the digital signal from the quantization circuit and, based on the digital signal, count and store a value representing the number of times that different quantized amplitudes or different ranges of quantized amplitudes of the ripple component occurred.
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Abstract
A ripple monitoring circuit may generate information indicative of a failing component in a power supply. At least one input may receive a ripple signal from the power supply that has a ripple component. A quantization circuit may repeatedly quantize the amplitude of the ripple component. A ripple amplitude statistics counter bank may count and store the number of times that different quantized amplitudes or different ranges of quantized amplitudes of the ripple component occurred.
A ripple monitoring circuit may generate information about a power supply. At least one input may receive a ripple signal from the power supply that has a ripple component. A ripple measurement circuit may measure a characteristic of the ripple component. A storage circuit may store information about the measurement. A comparison circuit may compare information stored in the storage circuit with a threshold value and indicate when the stored information meets or exceeds this threshold value.
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27 Claims
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1. A ripple monitoring circuit for generating information indicative of a failing component in a power supply, the ripple monitoring circuit comprising:
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at least one input that receives a ripple signal from the power supply that has a ripple component; a quantization circuit that quantizes an amplitude of the ripple component based on the ripple signal, the quantization circuit outputs a digital signal; and a ripple amplitude statistics counter bank comprising a plurality of counters, the ripple amplitude statistics counter bank being configured to receive the digital signal from the quantization circuit and, based on the digital signal, count and store a value representing the number of times that different quantized amplitudes or different ranges of quantized amplitudes of the ripple component occurred. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for generating information about a power supply, the method comprising:
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receiving a ripple signal from a power supply that has a ripple component; quantizing an amplitude of the ripple component based on the ripple signal to generate a digital signal; and counting and storing, based on the digital signal using a ripple amplitude statistics counter bank comprising a plurality of counters, a value representing the number of times that different quantized amplitudes or different ranges of quantized amplitudes of the ripple component occurred. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An apparatus for generating information about a power supply, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a ripple signal from a power supply that has a ripple component; means for quantizing an amplitude of the ripple component based on the ripple signal to generate a digital signal; and means for counting and storing, based on the digital signal using a ripple amplitude statistics counter bank comprising a plurality of counters, a value representing the number of times that different quantized amplitudes or different ranges of quantized amplitudes of the ripple component occurred. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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