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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2012
Applicant:
John Allen Carpenter, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Allen Carpenter, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Power Integrations, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A printed circuit board includes a primary region, a secondary region and an isolation region disposed between the primary region and the secondary region to galvanically isolate the primary region from the secondary region. The primary region is to be coupled to an AC source. The primary region also includes an electrostatic discharge (ESD) conducting pathway to redirect current to the AC source that crosses the isolation region. A spark gap is included in the ESD conducting pathway.