Patent Document ID: 8860404
Application ID: 13526113
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of performing a self-test associated with a magnetic field sensor, comprising: generating a proximity signal responsive to a proximity of a sensed object; generating a threshold signal proportional to peak values of the proximity signal; identifying a plurality of peak values representative of peaks of the proximity signal; identifying a plurality of threshold values of the threshold signal; generating one or more difference values by differencing the identified peak values and associated identified threshold values; categorizing the one or more difference values into a plurality of potential categories, wherein the plurality of potential categories is representative of a plurality of self-test states of the proximity signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of potential categories is representative of a respective passing self-test and wherein another at least one of the plurality of potential categories is representative of a respective marginally passing self-test; assigning a respective plurality of category values to the plurality of potential categories; and communicating at least one of the plurality of category values indicative of at least one of the plurality of potential categories into which at least one of the one or more difference values was categorized.