Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resistance change device providing overcurrent protection
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Application No.: US14624142Application Date: 2015-02-17
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Publication No.: US09653913B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Gary Mark Bentley
- Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: H02H9/04
- IPC: H02H9/04 ; H02H9/02

Abstract:
An overcurrent protection device may include an input terminal to receive an input current; an output terminal coupled to the input terminal; and a current limiter circuit integrated into the silicon substrate and arranged between the input terminal and output terminal. The current limiter circuit may include a series pass element having a pass state characterized by a first electrical resistance and a limit state characterized by a second electrical resistance higher than the first electrical resistance, the series pass element comprising a series current sense element integrated into the silicon substrate and configured to receive the input current and to output a sense voltage based upon the received input current, wherein the series pass element is configured to place the current limiter circuit into the limit state when the sense voltage indicates that the input current exceeds a predetermined level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160241023A1 RESISTANCE CHANGE DEVICE PROVIDING OVERCURRENT PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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