Circuit for protecting electronic equipment from overvoltage or

Details Circuit for protecting electronic equipment from overvoltage or Circuit for protecting electronic equipment from overvoltage or

1994-06-14

1996-02-27

Hoff, Marc S.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Safety and protection of systems and devices

Load shunting by fault responsive means

361 91, 361118, 361103, H02H 900

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054953839

ABSTRACT:
A circuit for protecting a semiconductor circuit or a telephone communication line from a lightning surge or overvoltage or overcurrent condition. The circuit incorporates a two-terminal surge absorbing device arranged in parallel with the circuit or line to be protected, a thermistor having a high positive temperature coefficient, arranged in series to the circuit or line, between the electric source and the surge absorbing means, and a resistor connected in series with the circuit or line.

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patent: 3448341 (1968-09-01), Casey
patent: 3795840 (1974-03-01), Cambra
patent: 3795846 (1974-03-01), Ogawa et al.
patent: 4758920 (1988-07-01), McCartney
patent: 4903295 (1990-02-01), Shannon et al.
patent: 4907120 (1990-03-01), Kaczmarek et al.
Casey L. O., NASA Technological Brief No. 96-B-10490, Fuse Protects Circuit from Voltage Current Overloads, Oct. 1969.

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