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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:
Nov. 10, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce K Baur, Milwaukie, OR (US);
Assignee:
Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 315-3 ; 361-2 ;
Abstract
A silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) is connected between a selected electrode of a CRT and a reference potential level that is negative relative to the selected CRT electrode. The SCR remains non-conductive so long as the voltage between the selected electrode and the reference potential level remains below the breakdown voltage of the SCR and the SCR's dv/dt rating is not exceeded. If the voltage between the electrode and the reference potential level increases at a rate that exceeds the threshold rate for the SCR, the SCR turns on and shorts the selected electrode to the reference potential level.