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Switching circuit

US9048838B2 · kind B2 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies Austria AG · AT

Inventors

Ralf Otremba · Kaufbeuren, DE
Klaus Schiess · Allensbach, DE
Rainald Sander · Oberhaching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2013
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10D88/00
WIPO fieldSemiconductors
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a switching circuit includes input drain, source and gate nodes, a high voltage depletion mode transistor including a current path coupled in series with a current path of a low voltage enhancement mode transistor, and a current sense circuit for sensing the current flowing through a current sense path.

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