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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2005
Ronnie L. Bell, Nashua, NH (US);
Ronnie L. Bell, Nashua, NH (US);
American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
A circuit for providing surge protection and signal splitting includes an input configured to received a signal, a current-limiting device having first and second portions, the first portion coupled to the input, the current-limiting device being configured to provide a short circuit between the first and second portions in the absence of an excess current and to provide an open circuit in response to the excess current, a voltage suppression device coupled to the second portion of the current-limiting device and configured to conduct to a ground if a signal received by the voltage suppression device is above a threshold voltage, a signal splitter coupled to the second portion of the current-limiting device and configured to split an incoming signal into multiple output signals, and outputs coupled to the signal splitter to receive the output signals.