Patent · US Expired

Gate driver for a full-bridge lossless switching device

US4912622A · kind A · utility

62Cited by
20References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 7, 1988
Grant dateMar 27, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 7, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02M7/5387
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control circuit for a full bridge switching converter including power FET switching devices. The control circuit including a gate driver with a voltage sensor circuit which senses the precise instant to gate the power FET on in order to achieve substantially lossless switching by the converter.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.