Patent ID: 6703841
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A method for detecting a discontinuity in electrical connections of a microchip, the microchip including a voltage supply line, an input pin connected to the voltage supply line, a plurality of circuit sections of a circuit, an output pin, an output voltage line for connecting the plurality of circuit sections to the output pin, and a resistive output divider including a plurality of resistances, said method compromising the steps of:determining a number of electrical connections as a function of the short circuit current both for the input pin and for the output pin; sectioning the voltage supply line as a function of the number of electrical connections that was determined for the input pin; connecting the sections of the voltage supply line independently, through a plurality of connection wires, to the plurality of circuit sections; sectioning the output voltage line as a function of the number of electrical connections that was determined for the output pin; and increasing, as a function of the number of electrical connections that was determined for the output pin, the number and value of the resistances of the output divider.