Patent · US Expired

Bistable circuits having a monolithic device formed with light emitting diodes and detectors

US4588896A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
2References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1983
Grant dateMay 13, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 18, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F55/18
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bistable circuit having a monolithic device with first and second optically isolated stages is disclosed. Each stage has a light emitting diode and a corresponding detector. Subsurface light from each diode provides optical feedback through the device to its corresponding detector.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.