Programmable supervisory circuit and applications therefore
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1. A supervisory circuit for deriving a parametric output of an input signal comprising:
- a) input means for receiving said input signal;
b) mean square processor for determining the mean square value of the input of said input signal;
c) conversion processor for converting said mean square value into a random pulse density modulated bitstream representative of said mean square value;
d) stochastic processor for converting said random pulse density modulated bitstream into a stochastic representation of the RMS value of the input signal;
e) output means for outputting said stochastic representation of said RMS value.
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Abstract
The invention herein provides a supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal and produce as an output signal, a parametric signal corresponding to the input signal. The circuit includes an input for receiving the input signal, and a stochastic processor coupled to the input for receiving the input signal and processing it to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of the input signal. An output connected to said stochastic processor provides the parametric output signal as an output for supervisory purposes.
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1. A supervisory circuit for deriving a parametric output of an input signal comprising:
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a) input means for receiving said input signal; b) mean square processor for determining the mean square value of the input of said input signal; c) conversion processor for converting said mean square value into a random pulse density modulated bitstream representative of said mean square value; d) stochastic processor for converting said random pulse density modulated bitstream into a stochastic representation of the RMS value of the input signal; e) output means for outputting said stochastic representation of said RMS value.
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2. A supervisory circuit for deriving a parametric output signal of an analog input signal comprising:
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a) input circuit including a delta-sigma analog to digital converter adapted to produce a serial pulse density modulated bit stream representation of said analog input signal; b) a running averager processor adapted to process said bit stream representation of said analog input signal to produce a representation of the running average of said bitstream; c) a multi bit modulated squarer processor adapted to calculate the square of said running average and integrate said square over a suitable time period to derive a parallel binary representation of the mean square value of said analog input signal; d) a randomizer adapted to convert said binary representation of the mean square value of the analog input signal to a serial random pulse density modulated bitstream; e) a stochastic square root processor adapted to process said random pulse density modulated bitstream to produce a parametric signal corresponding to the root mean square value of said analog input signal; f) output means to output said root mean square value signal. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. A supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal including an analog voltage and produce as an output, a parametric signal corresponding to said input signal, said circuit comprising:
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a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for receiving said input signal; stochastic processing circuitries including circuit arrangement for obtaining a mean square value signal of the input signal and a stochastic computation circuit, responsive to said mean square value signal, to provide a stochastic representation of the RMS voltage of the input signal, operatively coupled to said converter for receiving said input signal and stochastically processing said signal to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of said input signal; and output means connected to said stochastic processor to output said parametric output signal which is proportional to the RMS value of the input signal.
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7. A supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal and produce as an output, a parametric signal corresponding to said input signal, said circuit comprising:
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a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for receiving said input signal; a stochastic processor coupled to said converter for receiving said input signal and stochastically processing said signal to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of said input signal; output means connected to said stochastic processor to output said parametric output signal; and a PROM adapted to response to a signal derived by the stochastic processor of said supervisory circuit to produce a threshold status output when said signal is within a preselected range of values. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal and produce as an output, a parametric signal corresponding to said input signal, said circuit comprising:
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a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for receiving said input signal; a stochastic processor coupled to said converter for receiving said input signal and stochastically processing said signal to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of said input signal that is made available externally; and output means connected to said stochastic processor to output said parametric output signal.
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11. A supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal and produce as an output, a parametric signal corresponding to said input signal, said circuit comprising:
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a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for receiving said input signal; stochastic processing circuitries including a running average circuit, a multi-bit modulated squarer circuit coupled to the running averager circuit, and a stochastic computation circuit coupled to the squarer circuit operatively coupled to said converter for receiving said input signal and stochastically processing said signal to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of said input signal; and output means connected to said stochastic processor to output said parametric output signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A supervisory circuit which is adapted to monitor an input signal and produce as an output, a parametric signal corresponding to said input signal, said circuit comprising:
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a delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter for receiving said input signal; stochastic processing circuitries including a circuit arrangement for obtaining a mean square value signal of the input signal and a stochastic computation circuit, responsive to said mean square value signal, to provide a stochastic representation of the RMS voltage of the input signal, operatively coupled to said converter for receiving said input signal and stochastically processing said signal to derive a signal that represents a parametric measure of said input signal; and output means connected to said stochastic processor to output said parametric output signal.
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15. A power supply comprising:
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a power convertor for converting an input into a regulated output, and a supervisory circuit for controlling said power convertor; said power convertor being governed by said supervisory circuit, said supervisory circuit providing at least one output control signal to said power converter wherein said at least one output control signal is derived from stochastic processing of an input signal corresponding to the input to said power supply wherein said stochastic processing is performed by stochastic processing circuitries including, a circuit arrangement for obtaining a mean square value signal of the input signal and a stochastic computation circuit, responsive to said mean square value signal, to provide a stochastic representation of the RMS voltage of the input signal, concatenated within said supervisory circuit.
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