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Electronic regulation circuit for driving a power device and corresponding protection method of such device

US6118642A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1998
Grant dateSep 12, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05F1/573
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic regulator for driving a power device connected to an output load having a first portion and a second protection portion, the first portion including a controlled switching element connected upstream of the power device and controlled by a timer adapted to be operated in a short circuit or overload situation of the device, such that the load current can flow in the power device in a pulsed state clocked by the timer.

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