Patent ID: 11923675
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 25:
26. A method comprising:
controlling a first switching network, including causing the first switching network to open and close a first plurality of parallel switching devices, wherein each parallel switching device of the first plurality of parallel switching devices is coupled to a respective pin of a data interconnect receptacle, further wherein controlling the first switching network includes:
closing a first switching device of the first plurality of parallel switching devices, including creating a first conductive path between a first pin of the data interconnect receptacle and a voltage measuring device; and
controlling a second switching network, including causing the second switching network to open and close a second plurality of parallel switching devices, further wherein controlling the second switching network includes:
closing a second switching device of the second plurality of parallel switching devices, including extending the first conductive path through a second pin of the data interconnect receptacle to ground through the second switching device;

determining a presence of liquid between the first pin and the second pin based on measuring a voltage created by closing the first switching device and the second switching device; and
performing an action in response to determining the presence of liquid.