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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:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Koji Ando, Kariya, JP;
Koji Ando, Kariya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An ignition system for an internal combustion engine includes a switch circuit connected to an ignition coil to switch on or off current supplied to the ignition coil, a control circuit for providing a control signal for controlling the switch circuit based on the ignition signal and a protection circuit including an input terminal that receives the ignition signal, an NPN transistor having a collector connected to the input terminal, an emitter connected to a ground, a base and the collector and a parasitic diode between the collector and the emitter of the NPN transistor, in which a prescribed capacitance is formed between the base and the collector of the NPN transistor. If an electric surge that has an ascending slope comes into the input terminal, the NPN transistor to turn on to discharge the electric surge to a ground. If an electric surge that has an descending slope comes into the input terminal, it passes through the parasitic diode toward the input terminal.
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