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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Oliver James Brennan, Adare, IE;
Dennis Arnold Dempsey, Crecora, IE;
Inventors:
Oliver James Brennan, Adare, IE;
Dennis Arnold Dempsey, Crecora, IE;
Assignee:
Analog Devices, Inc., Norwood, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An overload current limiting circuit includes an output control circuit responsive to a logic input signal for generating a control signal for driving an output device to produce at an output terminal a signal representative of the logic input signal; and a sense circuit for sensing voltage at the output terminal indicative of a current overload and diverting a portion of that current to change the control signal to the output device to limit the overload current.