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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2018
Valeo Siemens Eautomotive Germany Gmbh, Erlangen, DE;
Philip Hubner, Erlangen, DE;
Alexander Bucher, Nuremberg, DE;
VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Erlangen, DE;
Abstract
Driver unit for a voltage-controlled switching element, includes a first output terminal for connecting a control terminal of the switching element, a second output terminal for connecting a further terminal of the switching element, an output stage section having a high-side terminal and a low-side terminal and being controllable to connect one of its terminals to the first output terminal of the driver unit based on a control signal representative switching the switching element, and a DC conversion section configured to supply the output stage section and to convert an input voltage into a positive first voltage between the high-side terminal and the second output terminal of the driver unit and into a positive second voltage between the second output terminal of the driver unit and the low-side terminal.