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Active filter circuit for transient suppression

US4156838A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 1978
Grant dateMay 29, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 12, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H9/005
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Suppression circuit for transient noise pulses in which the magnitude of the pulse is limited to the threshold value of a selected breakdown device that is equally effective with voltage excursions of either polarity, and which includes means to reduce the high frequency content of the noise pulse and radically attenuate any tendency for oscillation.

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