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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Shreve, Kokomo, IN (US);
Wesley A Vincent, Bringhurst, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 90 ; 307362 ;
Abstract
A high gain voltage responsive current source supplies emitter current to a lateral input PNP transistor in a monolithic integrated circuit voltage responsive switch and, in conjunction with an impedance between the voltage signal input terminal and base region of the input PNP transistor, protects the voltage responsive switch from negative voltage transients at the signal input terminal.