PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16046093
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["324", "750300"]

Abstract:
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sensor self-diagnostics using multiple signal paths. In an embodiment, the sensors are magnetic field sensors, and the systems and/or methods are configured to meet or exceed relevant safety or other industry standards, such as SIL standards. For example, a monolithic integrated circuit sensor system implemented on a single semiconductor ship can include a first sensor device having a first signal path for a first sensor signal on a semiconductor chip; and a second sensor device having a second signal path for a second sensor signal on the semiconductor chip, the second signal path distinct from the first signal path, wherein a comparison of the first signal path signal and the second signal path signal provides a sensor system self-test.

Claim (Index 1):
A monolithic integrated circuit, comprising:\n a first sensor device configured to indicate a physical quantity, the first sensor device having a first signal path for a first sensor signal on a semiconductor chip; and a second sensor device configured to indicate the physical quantity, the second sensor device having a second signal path for a second sensor signal on the semiconductor chip, the second signal path separate and distinct from the first signal path, wherein the second sensor device comprises at least one characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of:\n fewer second sensing elements than the first sensor device comprises first sensing elements, \n the second sensor device comprises second sensing elements of a smaller second sensitive area than the first sensor device comprises first sensing elements of a first sensing area, \n the second sensor device has a different working principle compared with the first sensor device, \n the second sensor device has different signal encodings compared with the first sensor device, \n the second sensor device has different mapping of sensor signals compared with the first sensor device, \n the second sensor device has different compensation algorithms compared with the first sensor device, \n the second sensor device has a different processing schedule compared with the first sensor device, \n the second signal path, when compared with the first signal path, has a lower sampling rate, \n the second signal path, when compared with the first signal path, has a higher latency time, \n the second signal path, when compared with the first signal path, has a lower bandwidth, \n the second signal path, when compared with the first signal path, has a smaller analog-to-digital conversion resolution, or \n the second signal path, when compared with the first signal path, has a smaller signal range, and \n wherein a first output signal related to the first signal path and a second output signal related to the second signal path are communicable from the monolithic integrated circuit to an external controller.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 104.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.125
- Patent Class: 324.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15132783', '12889749', '13833852', '14187564', '15499435']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5184367828188181
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4827098391850071
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.514864088455437
- Mean Citation Score: 196.501746
- Max Citation Score: 245.88615
- Similarity Product: 216.2987780433386

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test