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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1985
Richard G Norris, Arlington, TX (US);
Monty F Webb, Richardson, TX (US);
Vinh Q Le, Arlington, TX (US);
Teccor Electronics, Inc., Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
A telephone maintenance termination unit utilizes a low voltage, bidirectional trigger switch. The trigger switch provides low voltage, low current triggering in conjunction with a high holding current requirement. The trigger switch may comprise either two silicon controlled rectifiers connected in inverse parallel relationship with their gates connected, a bidirectional diffused PNPN semiconductor device, or an NPN semiconductor device, any one of which is used to trigger a power control TRIAC. In another embodiment, the switching device may be a two-terminal, unitary semiconductor device incorporating the functions of both the TRIAC and the bidirectional trigger switch.