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Balanced overvoltage protector for a dual-wire system

US5781392A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1997
Grant dateJul 14, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2017

Classification

  • 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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