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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:
Oct. 31, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
William H Gross, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James B Cecil, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Elantec, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
330298 ; 3302 / ; 361 75 ; 361 93 ; 361 98 ;
Abstract
An overload protection circuit for a disableable amplifier includes a sensing resistor connected to provide indication of the current supplied to the amplifier and includes logic circuitry for producing a disabling control signal for a selected time interval following detection of the overload condition of the amplifier.