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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Howard Moore, Redditch, EN;
Charles Peter Cockshott, Coventry, EN;
Assignee:
The Lucas Electrical Company Limited, Birmingham, EN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307311 ;
Abstract
A radiation-sensitive switching circuit has a light emitting diode which supplies light to a photo-transistor, the light being interrupted from time to time. When the photo-transistor is illuminated, current builds up and when this current reaches a predetermined value, a trigger circuit changes state. The peak output of the photo-transistor is measured and the trigger circuit is arranged to change state when the output of the device is a set proportion of the peak output, so as to allow for aging of the components.