Todd D Ward

US Patent:

20050057260, Mar 17, 2005

Filed:

Sep 11, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/659890

Inventors:

Ronnie Lindley - Canton TX, US
Todd Ward - Fort Worth TX, US

International Classification:

G01R031/08

US Classification:

324522000

Abstract:

The present invention provides a voltage conditioning interface module to condition an electrical signal locally. This module receives the unsafe electrical signal at an input port. This input port is electrically coupled to an external sampling point on an electrical circuit or system under test. A conditioning circuit having both a voltage reducing circuit and a voltage limiting circuit provides a reduced voltage. The voltage limiting circuit is in parallel with the output terminals that output the reduced voltage. This arrangement ensures that when a circuit element within the voltage reducing circuit fails, an unsafe condition does not exist across these terminals.