Patent ID: 6995580

Claim:
A power detector for measuring power transfer between a circuit for emitting an electrical signal and a first load for receiving the electrical signal comprising: a first conductor for having a magnetic field generated thereabout in response to propagation of the electrical signal therein; a second conductor other than disposed in series with the first conductor and disposed in proximity of the first conductor, the first and the second conductors disposed having a first coupling length therebetween; and, a coupling detection circuit electrically coupled to the second conductor, the coupling detection circuit for receiving an electric current representative of power transfer between the circuit and the first load induced to flow in the second conductor in response to the coupled magnetic field between the first conductor and the second conductor and for measuring power transfer between the circuit for emitting an electrical signal and the first load, wherein the first conductor is a first bond wire and the second conductor is a second bond wire, the bond wires disposed within an integrated circuit package and wherein the coupling detection circuit resides within a semiconductor substrate within the integrated circuit package.