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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, Foxboro, MA (US);
Indra Prakash, Bangalore, IN;
Damir Klikic, Waltham, MA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION, Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a power switching circuit, comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a plurality of switching devices, each switching device having a first transistor having a first gate, a first source, and a first drain, a second transistor having a second gate, a second source, a second drain coupled to the first source, and a bipolar body diode coupled between the second drain and the second source, and a unipolar diode configured to prevent a transition voltage applied across the first gate and the first source from exceeding a degradation threshold of the first transistor during a transition period, wherein a first switching device of the plurality of switching devices is coupled between the first and third terminals and the and a second switching device of the plurality of switching devices is coupled between the second and third terminals.