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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Johannes Georg Laven, Taufkirchen, DE;
Thomas Basler, Riemerling, DE;
Hans-Joachim Schulze, Taufkirchen, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Abstract
A power inverter includes a bridge circuit including a first half-bridge and a second half-bridge, each half-bridge including a high-side device and a low-side device, and a gate driver circuit connected with each gate of the high-side device and low-side power device of the first and second half-bridges and operable to provide each gate with a respective voltage to control operation of the respective power device. The gate driver is operable to provide a first voltage which is higher than a first threshold voltage of the respective power device, and a second voltage which is higher than a surge threshold of the respective power device. The surge threshold is higher than the first threshold and defines the onset of a surge current operation area of the respective power device at which the power device becomes conducts a surge current that is larger than the rated current of the device.