Balanced overvoltage protector for a dual-wire system
US5781392A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02H9/044
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A balanced overvoltage protector for a dual-wire system comprising a single semiconductor substrate including two breakover thyristors located in sufficiently close proximity so that current in one thyristor effects firing of the other thyristor at a voltage less than its breakover voltage.
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