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Method for driving a PTC electrical load element

US8461780B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. · US
Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Laurent Guillot · Seysses, FR
Kamel Abouda · Fonsorbes, FR
Philippe Rosado · Fonsorbes, FR
Helmut Henssler · Konstanz, DE
Uli Joos · Nonnenhorn, DE
Josef Schnell · Vergennes, US
Norbert Stuhler · Ravensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2012
Grant date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B20/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is intended to make it possible to drive a PTC electrical load element with a switching unit with the highest possible operational reliability. For this purpose, the electric current is switched off if a predetermined current threshold value is exceeded, the magnitude of the current threshold value being determined from the operating parameters of the load element.

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