Method and device for detecting a current

• US 20060226849A1
• Filed: 04/11/2005
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Original Assignee: Gigabyte Technology Company Limited (Giga-Byte Technology Co.)
• Inventors: Hung, Ju-Yi, Liao, Cho-Hsine
• Application Number:
  US11/102,692
• Publication Number:
  US 20060226849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/522
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3024 where the computing system component is a central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3058 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring environmental properties or parameters of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring of power, currents, temperature, humidity, position, vibrations thermal management in cooling arrangements of a computing system G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/325 by lamps or LED's

Abstract

A method and device for detecting a current are described. The present invention displays a value and looks for loads current of the CPU through an LED, a 7-segment display or a display monitor.

Claims

1. A method for detecting a current comprising:

transmitting a current detect signal generated by a CPU;

detecting said current detect signal and creating a current value of said current detect signal by a detection unit;

converting said current value of said current detect signal to a voltage value in a conversion unit;

comparing the voltage value with a predetermined voltage value in a comparison operation unit to determine whether the voltage value exceeds said a predetermined voltage value;

determining a voltage dissimilitude value between said voltage value and said predetermined voltage value; and

outputting the voltage dissimilitude value on a display unit.

3. The method in claim 1, wherein the comparison operation unit is a 4-Bit magnitude comparator.

4. The method in claim 1, wherein an output signal of said comparison operation unit is coupled to said display unit only if said voltage value exceeds said predetermined voltage value.

5. The method in claim 1, wherein the display unit is at least one LED.

2. (canceled)

6-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A device for detecting a current, comprising:

a CPU to generate a current signal;

a detection unit coupled to said CPU to detect the current signal generated by the CPU;

a conversion unit coupled to said detection unit to convert the current signal to a voltage value;

a comparison operation unit coupled to said conversion unit for comparison of said voltage value with a predetermined voltage value; and

a display unit coupled to the comparison operation unit for displaying a voltage dissimilitude value after comparison, the voltage dissimilitude value being determined as a difference between said voltage value and said predetermined voltage value.

14. The device in claim 13, wherein the comparison operation unit is a 4-BIT magnitude comparator.

15. The device in claim 13, wherein the display unit is at least one LED.

16-20. -20. (canceled)