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Electrical switching assembly

US5821640A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 7, 1996
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/78
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to switching apparatus having a pair of input terminals (102, 104) and 2.sup.P pairs of output terminals (106a, 106b). The switch comprises p rows of switches K.sub.i,j with the ith row having 2.sup.i unit switches. It also comprises a control circuit (108) which enables the state of all the switches in a given row to be controlled together, thereby enabling the pair of input terminals to be connected to any pair of output terminals.

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