Patent · US Expired

Circuit configuration for driving a semiconductor switch

US6373296B1 · kind B1 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Frank Auer · Herbrechtingen, DE
Wolfgang Horchler · Rosenheim, DE
Michael Lenz · Zorneding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2000
Grant date	Apr 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K2017/0806
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The circuit configuration has a semiconductor switch and a driver circuit that drives the switch. A switching signal is applied at an input terminal of the driver circuit and an output terminal that is connected to a control input of the semiconductor switch outputs a drive signal. The drive signal depends on the switching signal and its gradient during a change from a first drive level to a second drive level is temperature-dependent.

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