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7619863 Gated thyristor and related system and method  
An embodiment of a protection circuit, comprising a first PNP-type bipolar transistor and a second NPN-type bipolar transistor, the base of the first transistor being connected to the collector of...
7616424 Surge suppression module with disconnect  
A transient voltage suppression (TVSS) device is disclosed. The device comprises a surge module connected to a base module that connects the surge module to an electrical buss. The base module has...
7616414 ESD protection circuit for high speed signaling including T/R switches  
An ESD protection circuit for a transistor having a drain and source coupled to high-speed signaling pins of an integrated circuit includes a first string of clamping elements and a second string...
7609501 Manufacture including shield structure  
The present invention relates to an interposer substrate for interconnecting between active electronic componentry such as but not limited to a single or multiple integrated circuit chips in either...
7609493 ESD protection circuit and method for lowering capacitance of the ESD protection circuit  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and a method for reducing capacitance in the ESD protection circuit. A pair of gated diodes are connected in series, wherein the anode of one of...
7606017 Protection device: surge suppressing conductor  
A lightning protection or internal surge device designed to suppress surges on electrical transmission or distribution lines by expending some of the excess energy in the form of corona discharge...
7593208 Multi-functional energy conditioner  
The present invention relates to a multi-functional energy conditioner having architecture employed in conjunction with various dielectric and combinations of dielectric materials to provide one or...
7593207 Gas-insulated switchgear assembly or component of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly having an outdoor bushing  
A gas-insulated switchgear assembly ( 1 ) or component of a gas-insulated switchgear assembly is proposed which has an outdoor bushing ( 6 ) through which at least one high voltage-carrying...
7593206 Lightening conductor  
A lightening conductor ( 10 ) for lightning protection of structures ( 37 ), particularly of mobile structures ( 37 ), comprises a conduit ( 18 ) connected to a mast ( 12 ) and provided for...
7589944 Electrostatic discharge protection structures for high speed technologies with mixed and ultra-low voltage supplies  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) having protected circuitry. In one embodiment, the ESD protection circuit includes a pad adapted for...
7586728 Conditioner with coplanar conductors  
Disclosed are novel internal structures of energy conditioners having A, B, and G master electrodes, novel circuits including energy conditioners having A, B, and G master electrodes conductive...
7583485 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit for integrated circuits  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit for an integrated circuit (IC) that provides ESD protection during an ESD event is disclosed. The electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection...
7578896 Production method of multilayer ceramic electronic device  
A method of producing a multilayer ceramic electronic device, having a firing step for firing a pre-firing element body wherein a plurality of dielectric layers and internal electrode layers...
7576965 Surge absorption element and surge absorption circuit  
An object of the present invention is to provide a small surge absorption element that exhibits superior impedance matching even for high-speed signals and a surge absorption circuit. The surge...
7576964 Overvoltage protection circuit of output MOS transistor  
An overvoltage protection circuit is for a circuit of an output MOS transistor and a load connected in series between a first power supply and a second power supply. The overvoltage protection...
7573693 Safety switching device and method for failsafe shutdown of an electric load  
The invention relates to a safety switching device for the failsafe shutdown of an electric load, such as an electrically driven machine. The safety switching device has a signal processing part...
7573691 Electrical over stress robustness  
Protection is provided against electrical surges resulting from Electrical Over Stress conditions, e.g., when interfacing circuits with powered connections. An EOS shunt is activated for as long as...
7567415 Separable transient voltage suppression device  
An electronic system comprises a system board and a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device coupled to the system board. The TVS device comprises an intermediate coupler coupled to the system...
7561399 Excessive surge protection method and apparatus  
An electrical meter includes a voltage input, a current input, a measurement device and a surge protection apparatus. The measurement device generates electrical power consumption measurements...
7548401 Electrostatic discharge protection structures for high speed technologies with mixed and ultra-low voltage supplies  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) having protected circuitry is provided herein. In one embodiment, a circuit for protecting an...
7538999 Semiconductor device having electrostatic protection circuit  
This invention discloses a semiconductor device including a first buffer MOSFET of a first conductivity type, a second buffer MOSFET of a second conductivity type, an ESD protection circuit, an...
7529073 Protecting medium voltage inductive coupled device from electrical transients  
There is provided a method for protecting loads associated with power distribution system inductive signal couplers. The method includes (a) providing an inductive signal coupler having a first...
7508644 Spark gap apparatus and method for electrostatic discharge protection  
An apparatus for providing electrostatic discharge protection includes a plurality of conductive circumferential extensions defined by overlapping circular voids between a first conductor surface...
7508639 Input/output devices with robustness of ESD protection  
Input/output devices with robustness of ESD protection are provided. An input/output device comprises an input/output pad, a first NMOS transistor, a second NMOS transistor and an ESD detector. The...
7505241 Transient voltage surge suppression device  
An integrated fuse device ( 1 ) includes a varistor stack ( 11 ), a thermal fuse ( 12 ), and a current fuse ( 13 ) within an enclosure ( 2 ) having device terminals ( 3 ). The varistor stack ( 11 )...
7505239 Light emitting device  
A light emitting device has a semiconductor light emitting element and a multilayer chip varistor. The multilayer chip varistor has a multilayer body with a varistor portion therein, and a...
7502213 Surge absorber  
A surge absorber has a first terminal electrode, a second terminal electrode, a third terminal electrode, an inductor portion, a surge absorbing portion, and a capacitor portion. The inductor...
7495877 Circuit configuration and method to reduce ringing in the semiconductor power switching circuits  
A switching device includes a high-side MOSFET chip having a first high-side source connected to a low-side drain of a low-side MOSFET chip. The switching device further includes a transient...
7489492 Abrupt metal-insulator transition device, circuit for removing high-voltage noise using the abrupt metal-insulator transition device, and electrical and/or electronic system comprising the circuit  
Provided are an abrupt metal-insulator transition (MIT) device for bypassing super-high voltage noise to protect an electric and/or electronic system, such as, a high-voltage switch, from a...
7483248 Method and apparatus for detecting current changes in integrated circuits  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects changes in power-supply current within an integrated circuit (IC) chip. During operation, the system monitors an induced...
7483247 Multi-stack power supply clamp circuitry for electrostatic discharge protection  
A multi-stack power supply clamp circuit for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection to enhance performance of advanced submicron processes is provided. The clamp circuit includes a bias...
7466527 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit  
An electro-static discharge protection circuit including a first-LDNMOS transistor, a second-LDNMOS transistor, a first-resistor, and a gate-driven resistance is provided. The drain of the...
7463472 Signal splitter/surge protector  
A circuit for providing surge protection and signal splitting includes an input configured to received a signal, a current-limiting device having first and second portions, the first portion...
7463471 Spark-gap device, particularly high-voltage spark-gap device  
Spark-gap device including two discharge electrodes ( 2; 3 ) each having an elongated conductor portion ( 10; 5 ), called the active portion, with a connecting longitudinal end ( 11; 7 ) fixed to a...
7460345 Data carrier comprising an integrated circuit with an ESD protection circuit  
In the case of a data carrier ( 1 ) or an integrated circuit ( 5 ) for the data carrier ( 1 ), an ESD protection circuit ( 8 ) is formed by means of a series connection ( 9 ) comprising a first...
7457106 Power distribution unit and methods of making and use including modular construction and assemblies  
Described herein are various embodiments of a power distribution unit having modular components. For example, according to one embodiment, a power distribution unit can include a component portion...
7453368 Surge protector life cycle monitor system and method  
A system and method are provided for determining an expected life of an electric surge protection component. The system and method monitors preferably each surge that an electric surge protection...
7450363 Combination electrical connector  
An electrical connector for connecting to an electrical apparatus within a high power circuit includes an electrical contact and an enclosure. The electrical contact is configured to connect to a...
7450357 Electrostatic discharge protection circuit and semiconductor structure for electrostatic discharge  
An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit including a detection circuit for detecting an ESD current and a bypass circuit for bypassing the ESD current is provided. The detection circuit...
7446436 Waveform correction filters  
A number of wave correction filters are disclosed which respond to power surges or spikes outside the intended frequency and/or voltage for a load device. The circuits respond to such undesired...
7443647 Paired multi-layered dielectric independent passive component architecture resulting in differential and common mode filtering with surge protection in one integrated package  
The present invention relates to a passive electronic component architecture employed in conjunction with various dielectric and combinations of dielectric materials to provide one or more...
7440252 Connector related structures including an energy conditioner  
The invention provides electrical energy conditioners particularly useful for power applications. Internal structure of the energy conditioners may be included as components of connectors or...
7440247 Gate coupling electrostatic discharge protection circuit with redundant structures  
A gate coupling electrostatic discharge protection circuit is disclosed. The protection circuit that is connected an ESD structure with gate coupling to a first level circuit and other ESD...
7433168 Amalgam of shielding and shielded energy pathways and other elements for single or multiple circuitries with common reference node  
A predetermined single electrode shielding set ( 800 e ) for groupings of complementary electrodes that are operable to shield and that together are selectively formed or amalgamated into a...
7428134 Energy pathway arrangements for energy conditioning  
The system of an energy conditioner comprising: a conductive shield structure comprising a first conductive shield layer, a second conductive shield layer, and a third conductive shield layer;...
7423860 Multi-functional energy conditioner  
The present invention relates to a multi-functional energy conditioner having architecture employed in conjunction with various dielectric and combinations of dielectric materials to provide one or...
7423859 System for protecting computer equipment from lightning voltage surges  
An apparatus for protecting electronic equipment from voltage surges includes a network interface coupled to a computer device for connecting the computer device to a computer network and a...
7403403 Noise suppressor  
A noise suppressor capable of preventing degradation in an attenuation characteristic by a parasitic component so as to obtain a favorable attenuation characteristic is provided. The noise...
7403362 Latch-up restistant ESD protection circuit and method thereof  
The present invention is to provide a latch-up resistant electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit and method thereof, which comprises a clamping circuit being able to discharge when...
7382596 Method and apparatus for protecting a digital video recorder  
The method and apparatus includes an uninterruptible power supply along with its rechargeable battery and a plurality of video protection circuits all within a common chassis. The video protection...