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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2021
Applicant:

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, Limerick, IE;

Inventors:

Sharad Vijaykumar, Bangalore, IN;

Patrick C. Kirby, Limerick, IE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/046 (2013.01); H03K 17/6872 (2013.01);
Abstract

A line protector circuit comprises an external side switch circuit coupled to an external circuit node of the line protector circuit, an internal side switch circuit coupled in series to the external side switch circuit and an internal circuit node of the line protector circuit, a high supply circuit node and a low supply circuit node, and switch control circuitry configured to deactivate the internal side switch circuit and divert a bias current from the external side switch to the low supply circuit node when the external voltage exceeds a high supply voltage of the high supply circuit node.


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