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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Benoît Peron, Tours, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.A., Gentilly, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/455 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/455 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a power dimmer of a load, powered by an a.c. voltage, of the type including a bidirectional switch associated in series with the load, the switch being normally closed and controllable to be opened upon each halfwave of the a.c. voltage.