Patent · US Expired

Circuit for controlling a power MOS transistor and detecting a load in series with the transistor

US6696871B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by
9References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 6, 2002
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 6, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K17/18
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The detection of the presence of a load associated with a power MOS transistor integrated with its control circuit using a filtering time delay in generating a detection signal with respect to the occurrence of a turn-off control order of the power transistor, and where the filtering time delay is controlled with the power transistor switching time.

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