Electricity: measuring and testing – Internal-combustion engine ignition system or device – Apparatus for coupling a measuring instrument to an ignition...
Patent
1992-08-26
1994-05-24
Strecker, Gerard R.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Internal-combustion engine ignition system or device
Apparatus for coupling a measuring instrument to an ignition...
324384, 324503, 324713, 36443101, 36442403, 731181, F02P 1700, G01R 2708
Patent
active
053152522
ABSTRACT:
An input protection circuit protects a multiplexer used in an automotive breakout box for coupling to an electronic control module (ECM) of an automotive vehicle. The input protection circuit includes resistors connected between the input and the multiplexer and a negative feedback amplifier connected to the output of the multiplexer. The negative feedback amplifier provides a virtual ground. Additionally, the inputs to the multiplexer are clamped to within one diode forward voltage drop of electrical ground by diode pairs.
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Hintz John
Puetz Peter A.
Do Diep
SPX Corporation
Strecker Gerard R.
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