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Switching device and switching arrangements for switching at high operating voltage

US8531231B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Thomas Komma · Ottobrunn, DE
Norbert Seliger · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 27, 2009
Grant date	Sep 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 5, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH03K17/795
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A switching device for switching a high operating voltage is described. The switching device-includes a first switching arrangement with a first self-conducting switching element), which has a control connector and a first and second main connector for forming a switching section. The switching device may include a second switching arrangement having a first and a second connector for forming a switching section, which is wired serially in respect to the switching section of the first switching arrangement. The second switching arrangement includes an optically triggerable switching element for switching the switching section of the second switching arrangement so it becomes conductive. The second connector of the second switching arrangement is connected with the control connector of the first self-conducting switching element.

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