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Electronic device with switching element driven by control voltage

US8610487B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 2011
Grant dateDec 17, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03K2017/066
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electronic device with a switching element, a control circuit controls the voltage at the control terminal of the switching element and drives the switching element, by controlling an ON-drive switching element and an OFF-drive switching element based on an inputted drive signal to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to turn OFF a switching element using a switching circuit other than the OFF-drive switching element after an elapse of a predetermined period of time from a timing at which the drive signal switches from an ON instruction thereof to an OFF instruction thereof, the ON instruction giving an instruction to turn ON the switching element, the OFF instruction giving an instruction to turn OFF the switching element.

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