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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:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
John K Fogg, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 92 ; 361 33 ; 363 58 ; 363 41 ;
Abstract
A method and control circuit for an electronic switch, and more particularly the high side switch in a bridge circuit. Control is established by continuous and/or the combination of continuous and pulsed signals. Fail safe undervoltage protection is provided for the high side switch based on the adequacy of both high side and low side control voltages.