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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Stmicroelectronics (Tours) Sas, Tours, FR;
Inventors:
Ghafour Benabdelaziz, Tours, FR;
Romain Pichon, Reugny, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics (Tours) SAS, Tours, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H03K 17/725 (2006.01); H02M 7/15 (2006.01); H03K 17/72 (2006.01); H02M 7/162 (2006.01); H03K 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/725 (2013.01); H02M 7/151 (2013.01); H02M 7/1623 (2013.01); H03K 17/102 (2013.01); H03K 17/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit for controlling an anode-gate thyristor includes a first transistor that couples a thyristor gate to a first terminal to receive a potential lower than a potential of a second terminal connected to the thyristor anode. A control terminal of the first transistor is driven by a control signal which is positive with respect to the potential of the first terminal.