Doorbell chime bypass circuit

A doorbell chime activation circuit, comprising:

• a first current input/output node;
• a second current input/output node;
• and
• a solid state relay (SSR) integrated circuit including:
• a first bi-directional field effect transistor (FET) switch in series with the first current input/output node and the second current input/output node, the first bi-directional FET switch:
• including a first FET and a second FET in series, and
• configured to commence conducting current between the first current input/output node and the second current input/output node when a gate voltage of the first FET and a gate voltage of the second FET are above a cut-off threshold;
• control circuitry configured to determine that a button of the doorbell chime activation circuit has been pressed;
• and
• a first switch controller configured to set the gate voltage of the first FET and the gate voltage of the second FET to a level above the cut-off threshold when the control circuitry determines that the button of the doorbell chime activation circuit has been pressed, causing the first bi-directional FET switch to commence conducting current between the first current input/output node and the second current input/output node.