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Circuit arrangement

US8847575B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Benno Koeppl · Markt Indersdorf, DE
Frank Auer · Herbrechtingen, DE
Andreas Kiep · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2011
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02M7/5387
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

According to various embodiments, a circuit arrangement is provided which includes a bridge circuit having at least two field effect transistors and a measurement circuit configured to measure a forward voltage of a body diode of any one of the at least two field effect transistors resulting from a predefined current flowing through the field effect transistor.

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