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Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Robert R. Turnbull, Holland, MI (US);

G. Bruce Poe, Hamilton, MI (US);

Assignee:

GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/088 (2013.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electro-optic rearview mirror system is provided. The electro-optic rearview mirror system includes an inside electro-optic rearview mirror element and an outside electro-optic rearview mirror element in series with the inside electro-optic rearview mirror element. A drive circuit is in electrical communication with the inside electro-optic rearview mirror element and the outside electro-optic rearview mirror element and includes a first power operational amplifier and a second power operational amplifier, both of which are configured as voltage followers. The drive circuit is configured to apply overvoltage to the inside electro-optic rearview mirror element if the outside electro-optic rearview mirror element is shorted.


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