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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. 29, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Horst A Gempe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257290 ; 257443 ; 257292 ; 257461 ; 257458 ; 307311 ; 2502084 ;
Abstract
An optical switch integrated circuit (32) fabricated as a monolithic integrated circuit is used to couple a load (18) to a voltage source (17). The optical switch integrated circuit (32) comprises a SCR for coupling the load (18) to the voltage source (17), a photo detector for sensing ambient light conditions and enabling a means to disable the SCR, and a means to enable the SCR.