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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventor:
Stephan Donath, Unterhaching, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/093 (2006.01); H02H 1/00 (2006.01); H03K 21/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/0935 (2013.01); H02H 1/0007 (2013.01); H03K 21/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of over-current protection includes: determining a current flowing through a first element to be protected, comparing the determined current with a plurality of thresholds, controlling a counter based on the comparing the determined current with a plurality of thresholds, and stopping the current flowing through the first element by activating a switch in series with the first element when an output of the counter reaches a predetermined counter threshold.