Infineon Technologies Ag

Infineon Technologies Austria Ag

Marco Puerschel

Ralf Otremba

Michael Lenz

Gerhard Noebauer

Markus Dinkel

Erwin Huber

Simone Massaro

Marco Piselli

Lutz Goergens

Tien Lai Tan

Dusan Graovac

Gilles Delarozee

A drive circuit includes a first input terminal configured to receive a first input signal, a first output terminal configured to provide a first drive signal, a second output terminal configured to provide a second drive signal, and a mode selection terminal configured to have a mode selection element connected thereto. The drive circuit is configured to generate the first and second drive signals dependent on the first input signal such that there is a dead time between a time when one of the first and second drive signals assumes an off-level and a time when the other one of the first and second drive signals assumes an on-level, and evaluate at least one electrical parameter of the mode selection element and is configured to adjust a first signal range of the first drive signal and a second signal range of the second drive signal dependent on the evaluated parameter and to adjust the dead time dependent on the evaluated parameter.

Drive circuit with adjustable dead time

A component includes a first semiconductor chip attached to a first carrier and second semiconductor chip attached to a second carrier. The first carrier has a first extension, which forms a first external contact element. The second carrier has a second extension, which forms a second external contact element. The first and the second carriers are arranged in such a way that the first and the second extension point in different directions.

Semiconductor module including semiconductor chips coupled to external contact elements

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Munich, Germany

Marco Puerschel