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US 7,466,584 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for driving an electronic load
AssigneeOvonyx, Inc.
InventorsWard Parkinson, John Peters
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Abstract
An electronic system includes a control device in combination with an ovonic threshold switch (OTS). The control device, which may be a field effect transistor, a bipolar junction transistor, or a three-terminal ovonic threshold switch, for example, is configured to trigger the OTS. The OTS, a high current-density device, may be configured to drive greater loads than the control device itself would be capable of driving.
Claims25
An apparatus, comprising:
- an ovonic threshold switch;
- and
- a control device configured to trigger the ovonic threshold switch, the ovonic threshold switch configured to drive a load in parallel with the control device.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- activating a control terminal of a control device;
- and
- the control device triggering an ovonic threshold switch to drive a load in parallel with the control device in response to activation of a control terminal.
An electronic device, comprising:
- an ovonic threshold switch;
- a control device configured to trigger the ovonic threshold switch and to thereby drive a load in parallel with the control device;
- and
- a microprocessor configured to initiate turn-on of the control device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.