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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Robert Illing, Finkenstein, AT;
Christian Djelassi-Tscheck, Villach, AT;
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes operating a transistor device by a drive circuit in one of a first operating mode and a second operating mode based on an operating mode signal received by the drive circuit. Operating the transistor device in each of the first operating mode and the second operating mode includes switching on the transistor device based on a drive signal received by the drive circuit; monitoring at least one operating parameter of the transistor device; and switching off the transistor device independent of the drive signal when the at least one operating parameter reaches a respective predefined off-threshold. Switching on the transistor device in the second operating mode includes switching on the transistor with a second slew rate that is smaller than a first slew rate in the first operating mode.