Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Load shunting by fault responsive means
Patent
1994-09-30
1996-07-23
Gaffin, Jeffrey A.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Load shunting by fault responsive means
361118, H01L 2900
Patent
active
055396046
ABSTRACT:
A protection apparatus for sensitive electronic circuitry susceptible to damage from transient voltage pulses. The apparatus includes sensitive circuitry and a transient voltage suppressor device mounted on a common circuit board or substrate. The transient voltage suppressor device comprises a semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrodes on a single major surface of the chip, the plurality of electrodes comprises over the half the area of the major surface of the chip and are mounted to surface conductors of the circuit board. The chip may contain a plurality of transient voltage suppression devices.
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patent: 4955132 (1990-09-01), Ozawa
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patent: 5182220 (1993-01-01), Ker
Clark Oscar M.
Freeman John J.
Gaffin Jeffrey A.
Jackson Stephen W.
Microsemi Corp.
Moy Jeffrey D.
Weiss Harry M.
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