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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe Merceron, Vernous/Brenne, FR;
Choukri Karoui, La Riche, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/00 ; H02H 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 7/00 ; H02H 9/00 ;
Abstract
A device of protection of at least one circuit supplied by a voltage obtained from at least one inductive element, including a switch for short-circuiting the supply provided by the inductive element, and circuitry for turning on the switch when the supply voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold and for turning it off when it is smaller than the threshold.