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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sarma N. Gullapalli, Bethel, CT (US);
Assignee:
The B. F. Goodrich Company, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/104 ;
Abstract
A method of driving a plurality of actuators comprising the steps of providing a plurality of actuators and a controller having drive output signals for driving said plurality of actuators. At least one multiplexer is provided between said controller and said plurality of actuators and driving said actuators using said controller drive output signals by causing said actuators to be energized and deenergized by mutiplexing through said multiplexer.