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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Applicant:
Erik Maier, Scarborough, ME (US);
Inventor:
Erik Maier, Scarborough, ME (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises at least one input connection, at least one output connection, and at least one control connection, and at least one switch circuit coupled to the input, the output, and the control connections. The switch circuit passes a signal received at the input to the output when the switch circuit is activated by a control signal received at the control connection. Power to the switch circuit is provided via the control connection.