Control circuit initiating conduction of an opto- isolator unit
CA 1089939 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Fox, David A.; Apfelbeck, Otto L.
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A control circuit for turning on an optical isolation unit only when an input signal is at least of a given magnitude or threshold level. The circuit exhibits a resistive input below the threshold level and a constant current characteristic above the threshold. An arrangement of transistors is provided to bypass the opto-isolator below the threshold and to drive the opto-isolator with substantially constant current above the threshold.
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- Granted November 18, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 18, 1997.
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