Allen-bradley Company, LLC

Michael A Feavel

Anthony Gerard Gibart

Joel C Clemente

Daniel J Bolda

Michael R Havey

John J Gilge

A flash-on reduction circuit for use in the binary state output circuitry of an industrial controller employs a current conductor to charge parasitic capacitances of the output circuitry when the industrial controller is first turned on and a current limiter for preventing high current flows through the output power stages of the output circuit when the industrial controller is first turned on. The current limiter is deactivated by a timing means after the parasitic capacitances have been charged by the current conductor. In a first embodiment, the current conductor and current limiting means are provided by a current source applying increasing power to the output circuit.

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Waukesha, WI, United States of America

Michael A Feavel