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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Youssef Boulaknadal, Houston, TX (US);
Carlos Rivero, Katy, TX (US);
Ryan Rocheleau, Houston, TX (US);
Youssef Boulaknadal, Houston, TX (US);
Carlos Rivero, Katy, TX (US);
Ryan Rocheleau, Houston, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A switch driving circuit includes an output coil having a first end and a second end and configured to receive positive or negative pulses from an input coil and a drive portion that includes a holding capacitor coupled across the output coil. The circuit also includes a discharge circuit that includes a discharge switch connected across the output coil, the discharge circuit having a discharge resistor and a discharge capacitor connected in parallel with each other and across control terminals of the discharge switch and a shunt circuit connected across the output coil that shorts the first end to the second end after a positive pulse is received.