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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noboru Kanzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
307125 ; 307146 ; 257208 ; 257211 ; 375260 ; 375288 ; 379 90 ;
Abstract
A large scale integrated circuit has a first circuit section with input terminals external of the integrated circuit connected to output terminals of a second portion of the integrated circuit for use in an environment not requiring intrinsic safety. When the circuit is to be installed in an environment requiring intrinsic safety the external connectors are disconnected from one another. An excess voltage suppression circuit is connected to the external connections of the second circuit section.