A current measurement apparatus comprises: a capacitor connected in parallel to a signal terminal of a device under test (DUT); a test pattern generation apparatus generating a test pattern to operate the DUT; and a measurement module connected to one end of the capacitor. The measurement module comprises: an input/output (I/O) buffer increasing or reducing an amount of charges of the capacitor and outputting a signal corresponding to an output logic value according to a voltage of the one end of the capacitor; a time measurer measuring an arrival time which it takes for the voltage of the one end of the capacitor to reach a second voltage from a first voltage; and a controller controlling the i/o buffer and the time measurer to measure the arrival time and controlling such that a value of a current related to an inspection of a DUT is measured using the arrival time.

One embodiment provides an electronic control unit (ECU) for a vehicle. The ECU includes transceiver circuitry, voltage measurement circuitry and feature set circuitry. The transceiver circuitry is to at least one of send and/or receive a message. The voltage measurement circuitry is to determine at least one of a high bus line voltage (VCANH) value and/or a low bus line voltage (VCANL) value, for each zero bit of at least one zero bit of a received message. The received the message includes a plurality of bits. The feature set circuitry is to determine a value of at least one feature of a feature set based, at least in part, on at least one of a high acknowledge (ACK) threshold voltage (VthH) and/or a low ACK threshold voltage (VthL). The feature set includes at least one of an operating most frequently measured VCANH value (VfreqH2) of a number of VCANH values and/or an operating most frequently measured VCANL value (VfreqL2) of a number of VCANL values.

A smart-home device may include a solid state relay (SSR) switching integrated circuit (IC). SSR switching IC may include switching elements configured to open and close a connection between a power wire and a return wire of an environmental system; a voltage sensor that measures a voltage across the one or more switching elements; a current sensor that measures a current through the one or more switching elements; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature near the one or more switching elements. The smart-home device may also include a wireless communication device that periodically receives voltage, current, and temperature data originating from the SSR switching IC and transmits the voltage, current, and temperature data to a device management server. The device management server may receive batches of voltage, current, and temperature data from a plurality of smart-home devices.

An electronic device, such as a memory device, may include various circuit components. The electronic device may also include one or more voltage testing circuits to determine whether signals of one or more of the circuit components are within acceptable voltage ranges of the respective circuit components. Systems and methods are described to improve correct voltage measurement of the received signals by a voltage testing circuit. In particular, multiple supply voltage levels are provided to different components of the voltage testing circuit to provide a sufficient headroom voltage gap between received signals and the supply voltages. For example, some active circuits (e.g., operational amplifiers) of the voltage testing circuit may receive a higher supply voltage of the electronic device compared to one or more other circuits of the voltage testing circuit.

A drive circuit includes a primary power supplier which supplies a primary electric power in accordance with a state of the drive circuit, a secondary power supplier which supplies an operation electric power and an excitation electric power, an excitation current supplier which supplies an excitation current to an excitation coil, a power supply monitor which compares the voltage value of the operation electric power with a voltage threshold and outputs monitoring information, and a controller which determines whether a short circuit has occurred in the excitation coil based on the monitoring information, and stops supplying the excitation current if the short circuit has occurred. The voltage threshold is higher than a lowest voltage value with which the controller operates, and the voltage threshold is a voltage value representing that the short circuit has occurred in the excitation coil.

A voltage attack detection circuit includes at least one voltage regulation circuit, at least one voltage sensor and at least one glitch sensor. The at least one voltage sensor is configured to receive at least one first voltage output by the at least one voltage regulation circuit respectively, and output at least one first signal respectively. The at least one first signal is configured to indicate whether it is under voltage attack of a duration in a first range and an attack strength in a second range respectively. The at least one glitch sensor is configured to receive at least one first voltage respectively, and configured to output at least one second signal respectively. The at least one second signal is configured to indicate whether it is under voltage attack of a duration in a third range and an attack strength in a fourth range.

A power distribution system is disclosed and may include an input power source and at least one circuit breaker associated with each branch circuit receiving power from the input power source. The power distribution system may also include a monitoring subsystem configured to detect when a line side voltage of the at least one circuit breaker is above an undervoltage fault value and when the current through the at least one circuit breaker is above a minimum value for at least one line cycle, and notifying of a breaker trip condition when the current through the at least one circuit breaker falls below the minimum value and then below a zero current level or a circuit breaker magnetizing current level within a threshold number of line cycles and the line side voltage of the at least one circuit breaker remains above the undervoltage fault value.

Values of a physical quantity acquired by a sensor unit are corrected with a correction value. A functional correlation) exists between the values of the physical quantity and the correction value. At least one value of the physical quantity acquired by the sensor unit is corrected by applying a correction value to it determined by way of the functional correlation. A new correction value is determined by way of the functional relationship on the basis of the at least one value of the physical quantity captured by the sensor unit. Finally, at least one value of the physical quantity acquired by a sensor unit is corrected by applying the new correction value to it.

A voltage supervisor includes a first transistor coupled between a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. The voltage supervisor includes a second transistor coupled between the first supply voltage and the second supply voltage. The voltage supervisor is configured to provide a first current proportional to a difference in gate-to-source voltages of the first transistor and the second transistor. The voltage supervisor is also configured to provide a second current proportional to a difference in the first supply voltage and the difference in gate-to-source voltages of the first transistor and the second transistor. The voltage supervisor is configured to compare the first current to the second current to determine a voltage value that changes a state responsive to the first supply voltage crossing a threshold.

A method for operating a power generation system coupled to a power grid during a grid unbalance event, a method for determining an injection current to be supplied into a power grid by a power generation system, and a method for addressing an asymmetric grid fault in a power grid connected to a power generation system are provided. The methods may be carried out based on a reactive or an active power/current priority.