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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2011
Applicant:
Reinhard Boeckle, Mäder, AT;
Inventor:
Reinhard Boeckle, Mäder, AT;
Assignee:
Tridonic GmbH and Co. KG, Dornbim, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/00 (2006.01); H05B 39/00 (2006.01); H05B 41/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In examples of the embodiment, a surge-proof interface circuit () comprises a rectifier circuit () which is configured to produce a rectified rectifier output voltage at the rectifier output terminals (), in accordance with a rectifier input voltage at the rectifier input terminals (), and a Darlington circuit () which comprises at least two transistors (Q, Q). Said Darlington circuit () comprises a current path () which can be controlled on the output side in accordance with a control signal () and said current path () which can be controlled on the output side is coupled between the rectifier output connections ().