Patent · US Expired

Shunting element

US4849806A · kind A · utility

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3Claims

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Assignee

Brown, Boveri & Cie AG · DE

Inventors

Hans Kahlen · Weinheim, DE
Bernd Jahnke · Neckargemünd, DE
Conrad Schmidt · Gaiberg, DE
Botho Ziegenbein · Reutlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 1988
Grant date	Jul 18, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E60/10
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A shunting element includes two terminal elements for bridging an electrical component, at least one semiconductor component, and at least one electrically conducting layer connecting the semiconductor component to the two terminal elements, the electrically conducting layer being alloyed with the semiconductor component to form a shorting element upon the passage of a current which increases the temperature in the electrically conducting layer and in the semiconductor component to a given value.

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