Patent ID: 7132876

Claim:
An electronic discharge circuit for removing charge from an electronic circuit, comprising: a first current source having a first current source input and a first current source output; a current control circuit having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth control contacts, wherein the electronic circuit comprises an electronic circuit element, wherein the electronic circuit element comprises a first and a second element contacts, wherein when the first control contact is electrically connected to the first current source input, the second control contact is electrically connected to the first current source output, the third control contact is electrically connected to the first element contact, and the fourth control contact is electrically connected to the second element contact, and wherein when the electronic circuit element is electronically charged, current discharging the electronic circuit element is limited to the current from the first current source, and when the electronic circuit element is uncharged, current discharging the electronic circuit element is zero and current from the first current source flows into the second control contact and out the first control contact.