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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. 06, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Martin Degen, Bad Homburg, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 58 ; 361 939 ;
Abstract
A short-circuit protection circuit for a switching output having a non-self-protected field-effect transistor to whose control electrode a control voltage can be supplied via an input. A series circuit comprising a timer, a switch-off release stage and a switch-off stage is provided at the control electrode of the non-self-protected semiconductor switch.