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Power circuit and trigger device comprising same

US4712153A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 3, 1985
Grant dateDec 8, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/567
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power circuit comprises a current amplifier circuit connected between a minimum potential line and a maximum potential line. It further comprises, connected between these lines together with the aforementioned main circuit, a protection circuit which has a control input. A trigger and distributor circuit is connected in parallel with these circuits and is adapted to neutralize the protection circuit, via its control input, when the voltage across the main circuit is below a threshold value. Is it also adapted to activate the protection circuit when the voltage across the main circuit reaches this threshold value, while maintaining the voltage across the main circuit at an approximately constant ratio to the voltage between the two potential lines. The circuit is applicable in particular to controling failsafe alarm circuits, by means of logic signals, for example.

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