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Device, system and method for a sensing electrical circuitThe invention relates to a driven ground electrical circuit. A driven ground is a current-measuring ground termination to an electrical circuit with the current measured as a vector with amplification. The driven ground module may include an electric potential source V.sub.S driving an electric current through an impedance (load Z) to a driven ground. Voltage from the source V.sub.S excites the minus terminal of an operational amplifier inside the driven ground which, in turn, may react by generating an equal and opposite voltage to drive the net potential to approximately zero (effectively ground). A driven ground may also be a means of passing information via the current passing through one grounded circuit to another electronic circuit as input. It may ground one circuit, amplify the information carried in its current and pass this information on as input to the next circuit.
Document ID
20100008503
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Vranish, John M.
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
November 24, 2009
Subject Category
Cybernetics, Artificial Intelligence And Robotics
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: US-Patent-7,622,907
Patent Application Number: US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/535,872
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-7,622,907
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-11/535,872
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