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Dynamic short circuit protection

US11115019B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 9, 2018
Grant dateSep 7, 2021
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Expiry dateJun 4, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K5/24
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Circuitry includes a pair of switches arranged in series, and a gate driver. The gate driver, responsive to a magnitude of current through one of the switches exceeding a threshold, discharges a gate of the one through a first resistor. The gate driver also, responsive to a voltage across a parasitic inductance of the switch becoming zero, discharges the gate through a second resistor but not the first resistor.

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