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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Allen Harris, Kawana Downs, AU;
Assignee:
The University of Queensland, , AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 88 ; 361 58 ; 361111 ;
Abstract
A device which may protect circuits or equipment from overload or transients is disclosed. The device includes a unit consisting of a p-channel FET and an n-channel FET connected with their conductive channels in series and the gate of each transistor coupled to the drain terminal of the other.