Abstract: An embodiment of a discharge circuit comprises an output circuit with one output connected to an electrical load to absorb a discharge current given by the load when a logic signal commands a discharge of the load. The discharge circuit also comprises a control circuit to give the output circuit an appropriate control signal so that a slope of an output potential of the output circuit diminishes gradually when the logic signal commands a discharge of the load. Limiting the slope of the output potential gradually (and not suddenly) may limit the electromagnetic radiation generated by these variations.

Abstract: An embodiment of a discharge circuit comprises an output circuit with one output connected to an electrical load to absorb a discharge current given by the load when a logic signal commands a discharge of the load. The discharge circuit also comprises a control circuit to give the output circuit an appropriate control signal so that a slope of an output potential of the output circuit diminishes gradually when the logic signal commands a discharge of the load. Limiting the slope of the output potential gradually (and not suddenly) may limit the electromagnetic radiation generated by these variations.

Abstract: An embodiment of a discharge circuit comprises an output circuit with one output connected to an electrical load to absorb a discharge current given by the load when a logic signal commands a discharge of the load. The discharge circuit also comprises a control circuit to give the output circuit an appropriate control signal so that a slope of an output potential of the output circuit diminishes gradually when the logic signal commands a discharge of the load. Limiting the slope of the output potential gradually (and not suddenly) may limit the electromagnetic radiation generated by these variations.

Abstract: An embodiment of a discharge circuit comprises an output circuit with one output connected to an electrical load to absorb a discharge current given by the load when a logic signal commands a discharge of the load. The discharge circuit also comprises a control circuit to give the output circuit an appropriate control signal so that a slope of an output potential of the output circuit diminishes gradually when the logic signal commands a discharge of the load. Limiting the slope of the output potential gradually (and not suddenly) may limit the electromagnetic radiation generated by these variations.

Abstract: A temperature detection cell includes a circuit for producing a voltage that increases with temperature, a circuit producing a voltage that decreases with temperature, and a comparison circuit to compare the increasing voltage with the decreasing voltage. The comparison circuit produces a warning signal when the temperature reaches a detection threshold such that the decreasing voltage becomes lower than the increasing voltage. The cell also has a test circuit to determine the detection threshold of the cell. Also disclosed is a method for testing a temperature detection cell, during which the detection threshold of a cell is determined from measurements of the increasing voltage and the decreasing voltage at a reference temperature.

Abstract: A temperature detection cell includes a circuit for producing a voltage that increases with temperature, a circuit producing a voltage that decreases with temperature, and a comparison circuit to compare the increasing voltage with the decreasing voltage. The comparison circuit produces a warning signal when the temperature reaches a detection threshold such that the decreasing voltage becomes lower than the increasing voltage. The cell also has a test circuit to determine the detection threshold of the cell. Also disclosed is a method for testing a temperature detection cell, during which the detection threshold of a cell is determined from measurements of the increasing voltage and the decreasing voltage at a reference temperature.