Patents by Inventor Michael Simkhis

Michael Simkhis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Integrated circuit and a method for measuring a quiescent current of a module
    Patent number: 7688100
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a quiescent current, the method includes: measuring, when a module is at a first mode, a first voltage drop on a first resistor that is coupled between a supply pin of an integrated circuit that comprises the module and a first test pin of the integrated circuit; assessing, when the module is at a second mode, a second voltage drop on a second resistor that is coupled between the supply pin and a second test pin of the integrated circuit; and evaluating a quiescent current of the module in response to the first and second voltage drops; wherein expected values of quiescent current of the module differ from one mode to the other; and wherein a resistance of the first resistor differs from the resistance of the second resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Priel, Dan Kuzmin, Michael Simkhis
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND A METHOD FOR MEASURING A QUIESCENT CURRENT OF A MODULE
    Publication number: 20090322367
    Abstract: A method for evaluating a quiescent current, the method includes: measuring, when a module is at a first mode, a first voltage drop on a first resistor that is coupled between a supply pin of an integrated circuit that comprises the module and a first test pin of the integrated circuit; assessing, when the module is at a second mode, a second voltage drop on a second resistor that is coupled between the supply pin and a second test pin of the integrated circuit; and evaluating a quiescent current of the module in response to the first and second voltage drops; wherein expected values of quiescent current of the module differ from one mode to the other; and wherein a resistance of the first resistor differs from the resistance of the second resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Priel, Dan Kuzmin, Michael Simkhis