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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:
Jul. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephan Vogt, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/20 ;
Abstract
The preferred embodiment describes a thermal controller ( ) that provides protection for heat sensitive devices ( ) within an amplifier module ( ). A thermal sensing circuit ( ) is used for detecting any increases in temperature surrounding the devices ( ) and the output is provided to the thermal controller ( ), wherein the thermal controller ( ) provides a current-limiting control ( ), a voltage control ( ), and a status monitor control ( ).