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- Patent Title: Device and method for overvoltage protection
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Application No.: US16372955Application Date: 2019-04-02
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Publication No.: US11121547B2Publication Date: 2021-09-14
- Inventor: Alan Kelly , David Aherne , Aidan J. Cahalane
- Applicant: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Applicant Address: IE Limerick
- Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
- Current Assignee Address: IE Limerick
- Agency: Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H01L27/02

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a method and device for overvoltage protection. Specifically, the present disclosure provides an overvoltage protection device which provides a feedback loop for electronic components such as amplifiers and digital to analog converters which require feedback. The overvoltage protection device also includes overvoltage switches in both the signal and feedback channels, which may be opened by a fault detector in the event of an overvoltage. The device also includes an overvoltage feedback channel coupled between the signal and feedback channels, and which also includes a switch which may be closed in the event of an overvoltage event. As such, the overvoltage device provides a closed loop feedback channel during an overvoltage event.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200321777A1 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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