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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
John F. Stickelmaier, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 4/700 ;
Abstract
A method ( ) and apparatus ( ) for driving a high voltage relay wherein a command pulse ( ) is divided into a series of pulses ( ) before being processed by a transformer ( ). The method and apparatus of the present invention allow a significantly smaller transformer to be used in the relay driver thereby effecting significant size and weight reductions on-board a satellite system.