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5654861 Thermal protection circuit  
A bandgap type, thermal protection circuit for an integrated circuit does not require the use of a comparator and a voltage divider of the bandgap voltage. By contrast, the simplified thermal...
5642252 Insulated gate semiconductor device and driving circuit device and electronic system both using the same  
An improvement in conditions that protective functions of an insulated gate semiconductor device with a protection circuit incorporated therein are performed, an improvement in the cutoff of...
5640293 High-current, high-voltage solid state switch  
A high-current, high-voltage solid state switch includes at least one solid state switching component connected to control circuitry configured into a single package. In the preferred embodiment,...
5638246 Semiconductor device having a protection circuit, and electronic system including the same  
In a semiconductor device including a power MOSFET (M 0 ) for the output stage, a temperature detection circuit produces an output signal upon detecting an abnormal rise in the chip temperature,...
5633775 Fire sentry power cable  
Power cable includes, along with standard conductor wires encased in insulation, a heat responsive cable alongside the conductor wires. The heat responsive cable includes helically wound wires each...
5631800 Apparatus for determining operating state of cooling fan  
An apparatus for detecting an operating state of a cooling fan in a computer system protects the computer system from damage due to excessive heat by preventing further operation of the computer...
5631799 Fusion heat sink for integrated circuit  
An integrated circuit system includes an integrated circuit with a heat sink assembly including a fusible core. In the event that power dissipation by the integrated circuit threatens to exceed its...
5627714 Electronic thermal protection device  
Electronic device for thermal protection of a load (M) by cutting off the polyphase power supply to said load, including current transformers (Ti 1 , Ti 2 , Ti 3 ) installed on the wires (L 1 , L 2...
5627719 Electrical wiring system with overtemperature protection  
A household electrical service (10) is protected against overheating by running a sensor line or wire (36 or 38), coextensively together with hot, neutral and ground lines or wires (12, 13, 14 or...
5625520 Device for preventing a high voltage transformer of a microwave oven from being overheated  
Disclosed is a device for preventing a high voltage transformer of a microwave oven from being overheated, which directly senses a temperature in a second coil of the high voltage transformer of...
5615077 Active terminator the thermal shutdown state of which can be detected  
An active terminator comprises a thermal shutdown circuit. When this circuit detects a predetermined high temperature, this information is supplied to a driver, and the active terminator stops...
5615071 Thermal protector for hermetic electrically-driven compressors  
A thermal protector for a hermetic electrically-driven compressor includes a thermal switch and a cluster socket. The protector is mounted inside a compressor housing on a terminal assembly mounted...
5610792 Apparatus for controlling the reset of a bus connected transceiver  
A method and apparatus for stopping the operation of a failed device and preventing that device from being turned back on is shown, using two thresholds, a first failure threshold is shown when the...
5606483 Wire protecting apparatus for automobiles  
A wire-protecting apparatus for automobiles in which at least one power-supplying lead for supplying an electric power to a load has at least one PTC element inserted in series with the...
5600306 Receptacle unit and extension cord  
An electrical receptacle unit includes at least one receptacle body (3) internally provided with a pair of slotted terminals (4) for insertion of a pair of blades (L) of a load-side electrical plug...
5600528 Heater cut off circuit and method  
A safety device for heated sensors. A signal representing a threshold voltage is compared with a signal from the sensor representing sensor temperature. If the latter is greater than the threshold...
5598314 Control of cooling fan by using power supply current  
A control system for a cooling fan in an electronic system. Power consumption (and therefore heat) is sensed by sensing power supply current. When power supply current exceeds a threshold value,...
5596466 Intelligent, isolated half-bridge power module  
A power module having at least one power transistor. Each power transistor is coupled to and protected by an overvoltage clamp and desaturation detection circuit. An output current measurement...
5594609 Thermoelectric couple device  
A thermoelectric couple device including a thermoelectric couple consisting of a first aluminum oxide base plate, a second aluminum oxide base plate, a plurality of copper foils respectively welded...
5590011 Short circuit protected splice connector  
A method and apparatus for providing electrical protection for circuits that use splice connections between a source of electrical power and wires of respective circuits. The splices provide a...
5587863 Digital interface unit  
The present invention relates to a device for adaptation of digital input signals (DI) or output signals (DO) and which, per se, exhibits the functions selection between utilization of the device...
5581471 Method and apparatus for storing electric power measurements  
An electronic instrument that records electric power measurements. The instrument contains two types of memories: the first type of memory can tolerate wide fluctuations in ambient temperature but...
5570262 Hybrid overload relay  
An overload relay including a thermal actuator heated by a control circuit is disclosed herein. The overload relay includes a contactor having a pair of contacts for interrupting the application of...
5568347 Load driving circuit with protective circuit  
A driving circuit for driving a given load based on a load control signal is provided which includes a power transistor, a protective circuit, and a power transistor control circuit. The power...
5563760 Temperature sensing circuit  
A temperature sensing circuit (100) for sensing the temperature of an active semiconductor device, for example, a power MOSFET (11) of a semiconductor body (10). The circuit has a first temperature...
5563759 Protected three-pin mosgated power switch with separate input reset signal level  
A three-terminal Smart Power MOSgated device has short circuit, over-temperature and over-voltage protection and the like. The control circuit and the protective circuits are powered from an input...
5555152 Monolithically integrated mos output-stage component having an excess-temperature protection device  
A monolithically integrated MOS output-stage component, particularly a DMOS output stage, includes an output-stage element having a GATE connection, a SOURCE connection, and a DRAIN connection, and...
5550526 Thermal detection elements with heater  
The present invention provides thermal detection elements having a controlled relationship between a thermal radiating and thermal sensing element. The thermal detection element includes an...
5550701 Power MOSFET with overcurrent and over-temperature protection and control circuit decoupled from body diode  
An NPN transistor is added to the chip of a power integrated circuit which contains a power MOSFET and a control circuit in a common chip. The NPN transistor is coupled between the P well...
5550702 Adaptive duty-cycle limiting for overload protection of integrated circuits  
A technique for which integrated circuit duty-cycle control or pulse width current limiting adaptively responds to the load, allowing a brief inrush current event upon startup of the load, while...
5543998 Temperature protected power transistor circuit  
A temperature protected power transistor circuit for preventing thermal breakdown of a power transistor is disclosed. The temperature protected power transistor circuit has a silicon power...
5543996 Protective circuit for protecting transistor from thermal destruction  
An overheat protective circuit includes a first voltage generator generating a first voltage stabilized against a change of an operating temperature, a second voltage generator generating a second...
5528446 Integrated power module diagnostic unit  
An integrated power module combining drivers and power devices includes a diagnosis module integrated with or connected to the integrated power module. That includes protectors. The protectors...
5519558 Three phase throttle current technique  
A current throttle resistor external to a contactor device protects an electrical power distribution circuit coupling a load to a power line. The contactor has electrical switching contacts in...
5497870 Electromagnetic clutch slip protection system  
Rotation slip between the rotor and the armature of an electromagnetic clutch results in the exciting current I in the electromagnetic coil decreasing locally abruptly to form a unique waveform....
5495383 Circuit for protecting electronic equipment from overvoltage or overcurrent conditions  
A circuit for protecting a semiconductor circuit or a telephone communication line from a lightning surge or overvoltage or overcurrent condition. The circuit incorporates a two-terminal surge...
5495165 High-voltage power supply and regulator circuit for an x-ray tube with transient voltage protection  
A high-voltage power supply and regulator circuit for an X-ray tube which utilizes solid state switching devices and provides protection against failure of the switching devices due to transient...
5483102 Employing on die temperature sensors and fan-heatsink failure signals to control power dissipation  
A circuit and method for reducing an internal clocking frequency of the semiconductor device upon receiving a first signal indicating that a fan element disposed on the semiconductor device is...
5471129 Rechargeable light curing apparatus  
A rechargeable light curing apparatus having at least one hand-operated device with a handle and an on/off switch and a recharging unit to which said hand operated device can be mechanically and...
5469320 Low power fan drive circuit for personal computers  
An efficient fan drive circuit to drive a variable fan used in a power supply of a personal computer system. The fan drive circuit uses a diode to establish the minimum fan speed during operation...
5463521 Power supply protection circuit  
In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for protecting electronic circuit elements from hazardous voltages is provided. The apparatus includes a source of electrical energy that...
5463522 Housing and mounting arrangement for thermal protector device  
A housing of electrical insulating material for a thermal protector used with an inductive device, such as a ballast transformer, in which the housing has an open portion through which the case of...
5453904 Power control unit protection apparatus  
A power control unit protection apparatus is provided in association with a power control unit for controlling high or low power supply selectively to a loud speaker. The power control unit...
5440520 Integrated circuit device that selects its own supply voltage by controlling a power supply  
The specification describes an integrated circuit device that selects its own supply voltage by controlling a programmable power supply. The programmable power supply provides a supply voltage in...
5438309 Over-current/over-temperature protection device  
An over-current/over-temperature protection device (1) which includes first and second electrical contacts (2,3), a separable resistance electrical current path (4) extending between the contacts,...
5436784 Motor protection relay using thermal models  
The motor relay includes thermal models representing the start and run conditions of a motor. The thermal models are implemented using measured current values and certain known operating parameters...
5424897 Three leaded protected power device having voltage input  
A voltage driven control die (20) for use with a power device (22) has been provided. The voltage driven control die includes an under voltage lock-out circuit (46) which inhibits drive to the...
5422832 Variable thermal sensor  
A thermal sensor for use in integrated circuits includes a plurality of MOSFET diodes. The thermal sensor senses temperature within the integrated circuit and provides a control signal. The control...
5414416 Temperature dependent control module cluster unit for motor vehicle  
A control module cluster unit which enables high-speed communication by restraining the effect of noise, for constituting a high-reliability vehicle control system including a plurality of control...
5408379 Device for opening a circuit and device for protecting the circuit against surges  
An insulating substrate has a heat generating resistor and an electrical conductor on its surface. A pair of conductors, such as power or communication leads, are connected to a protected circuit....