Patents by Inventor Alan Dodd

Alan Dodd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Analogue switch
    Publication number: 20060066385
    Abstract: A switching circuit (20) comprising first and second switch terminals (2,3) and a switch (21). The switch (21) comprises a first bipolar transistor (22), having a collector connected to the first switch terminal (2) and an emitter connected to the second switch terminal (3), and a second bipolar transistor (23), having an emitter connected to the first switch terminal (2) and a collector connected to the second switch terminal (3). The switch (21) can be turned on by supply of a control current to the base of either the first or the second bipolar transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventors: Alan Dodd, Joseph Jenkins, Anthony Sullivan