Electrical overstress protection apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5483407
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08317988

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An electrical overstress protection apparatus and method includes the provision of an overstress element (22) comprised of a lamination including a conducting ground path (26) and a dielectric sheet (30) engaging discrete signal paths (16) connected to contacts (44), the sheet (30) containing holes (32) or pores or thread or fiber interstices filled with an electrical overstress protection material (36) with the sheet thickness and hole area in conjunction with area of signal and ground paths and characteristics of the material adapted to provide breakdown and clamping voltages via a path to ground from signal contacts to ground to protect components from excessive voltage levels. Electrical connectors (40,40', 40') incorporate the apparatus in different embodiments of housing (42,42') and contact (44) configurations.

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LITTELFUSE INC8755 WEST HIGGINS ROAD SUITE 500 CHICAGO IL 60631

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Anastasio, Paul J Camp Hill, PA 4 139
Bunch, John H Menlo Park, CA 6 507
Childers, Richard K Redwood City, CA 7 606
Collins, Christopher J Fremont, CA 6 310
English, James M Annville, PA 25 440
Farrar, John C Harrisburg, PA 17 581
Goel, Ram P Camp Hill, PA 1 113
Janoss, Bernard J Harrisburg, PA 3 129

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