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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Hao Fang, Savage, MN (US);
Stephen Carl Kuehne, Rosemount, MN (US);
Inventors:
Hao Fang, Savage, MN (US);
Stephen Carl Kuehne, Rosemount, MN (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A demagnetizer for an inductive load having a driver circuit including at least one transistor and a ramp-down voltage source switchably connected to the driver circuit, so that when the ramp-down voltage source is connected to the transistor, it drives the voltage of the transistor below its threshold voltage.