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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Adrian Mikolajczak, Los Altos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Adrian Mikolajczak, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2006.01); H02H 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/20 (2013.01); H02H 9/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include an overcurrent protection device. The apparatus can include an overvoltage protection device coupled to the overcurrent protection device and configured to cause the overcurrent protection device to decrease a current through the overvoltage protection device after a breakdown voltage of the overvoltage protection device increases in response to heat.