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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;

Inventors:

Francesca Romano, Villach, AT;

Alexander Mayer, Treffen, AT;

Luca Petruzzi, Goedersdorf, AT;

Assignee:

Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/18 (2006.01); H03K 17/30 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/081 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/302 (2013.01); H03K 17/166 (2013.01); H03K 17/18 (2013.01); H03K 17/30 (2013.01); H03K 17/08104 (2013.01); H03K 17/08112 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment method includes detecting an inverse current condition at a switch, and driving a node associated with a switch driver driving the switch to a predetermined voltage in response to the detection of an inverse current condition at the switch. An embodiment switch device includes a switch driver configured to be coupled to a control terminal of a switch, an inverse current detector configured to detect an inverse current condition at the first and second load terminals of the switch, and a voltage driver configured to drive a node associated with the switch driver to a predetermined voltage in response to the inverse current detector detecting an inverse current condition.


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