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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:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Steven Martin, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Martin, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An over-voltage protection circuit for use in low power integrated circuits is provided. The over-voltage protection circuit distributes certain connection and conditioning circuitry to a component network external to the integrated circuit. As a result, the integrated circuit need not be created with specialized high voltage components, significantly reducing its cost and complexity, and allowing it to be used in a wider range of end-user applications.