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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Dzung, Sunrise, FL (US);
Donald F Gatto, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Loi M Tran, N. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200 / ;
Abstract
A multi-position switch (100), comprises an integral integrated circuit (66) for encoding one of a plurality of switch inputs (66) into a combination of a lesser quantity of switch outputs (57) and a miniaturized rotor (15) and stator (60) arrangement for selecting (50) one (62) of the plurality of switch inputs (53) corresponding to a selected switch position.