Patents by Inventor Robert J. Stroppiana

Robert J. Stroppiana 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).

  • Patent number: 4716309
    Abstract: A static relay for low DC voltages includes output transistor (T.sub.s) with its emitter connected to an output terminal supplying a load (Z) further connected to a common supply terminal. The base of the output transistion (T.sub.s) is supplied via the main current path of a current injection transistor (T.sub.i) acted upon via a control electrode. The current injection transistor (T.sub.i) is supplied with an auxiliary voltage (V.sub.aux) which is higher than the voltage (V.sub.bat) feeding the output transistor (T.sub.s). A detection transistor (T.sub.c) has its emitter-base path, which includes a base resistor (R.sub.b), connected parallel to the base-emitter path of the output transistor (T.sub.s) and delivers at its collector a detection signal representative of the state of the load (Z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Stroppiana
  • Patent number: 4675560
    Abstract: A static relay for direct voltages. A load (Z) is energized via the collector of an output transistor (T.sub.s) of the pnp type. The state of the relay and that of the load are detected by a first bipolar detection transistor (T.sub.c1) having its base-emitter path, to which a base resistor (R.sub.b) is added, connected parallel to the base-emitter path of the output transistor (T.sub.s). A second detection transistor (T.sub.c2) of the MOSFET type has its drain connected to the collector of the first detection transistor (T.sub.c1) and its gate connected to the collector of the output transistor (T.sub.s). The source electrode of the second detection transistor constitutes a detection terminal (C) which, when it is loaded by a resistor (R.sub.c), delivers a voltage (V.sub.c) of high level in the case of normal operation of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Stroppiana