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Control device for controlling a power semiconductor component and method for controlling a power semiconductor component

US10707859B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Markus Mauersberger · Chemnitz, DE
Rainer Sommer · Heroldsbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2018
Grant date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2217/0027
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device for controlling a power semiconductor component which includes at least two voltage-controlled power semiconductor devices which are electrically connected in parallel and which have each a control connection is disclosed. The control device includes a driver element which can be used to set electrical voltages at the control connections of the power semiconductor devices. The control device includes a measuring unit configured to capture electrical currents which flow through the power semiconductor devices. The driver element is configured to set a level and/or a temporal profile of the electrical voltages on the basis of the electrical currents.

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