Two terminal active arc suppressor
CA 2203947 C · Owner: Lee, Tony J. · Inventors: Lee, Tony J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The arc suppression circuit includes an insulated gate bipolar junction transistor (IGBT) connected across the electrical switch contacts to be protected. When the contacts open, the combination of added Miller capacitance and the gate-to-emitter capacitance of the IGBT results in the IGBT turning on. The IGBT is quickly turned off thereafter by a second transistor, which turns on as the voltage across the suppression circuit rises following turn-on of the IGBT. The turning on of the second transistor results in the first power transistor quickly and abruptly turning off so that relatively little of the load energy is dissipated in the power transistor.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 29, 1997 and granted September 11, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 29, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 29, 2019.
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