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Integrated rectifying element

US7170768B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2003
Grant dateJan 30, 2007
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B70/10
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A controllable rectifying element, comprising a bipolar transistor having a current input terminal connected to a control terminal by a first switch and having a current output terminal connected to the control terminal by a second switch, the turn-off and turn-on phases of the first and second switches being complementary and depending on the state desired for the rectifying element.

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