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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:
Jun. 08, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joe D Mings, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 361 91 ;
Abstract
A high power semiconductor switching arrangement controlled by a sensing circuit to suppress transient surges while maintaining operating voltage. The magnitude of a surge determines the rate of current flow through the semiconductor arrangement to maintain the operating voltage required while dissipating the excess power across a load resistance.