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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2020
Commissariat À I'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Dominique Bergogne, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
The present description concerns a method of controlling a bidirectional switch (), including: first () and () field-effect transistors electrically in series between first () and second () terminals of the bidirectional switch; third () and fourth () field-effect transistors electrically in series between said first and second terminals of the bidirectional switch, a first connection node () in series with the first and second transistors being common with a second connection node () in series with the third and fourth transistors, including steps of: receiving a voltage (V) between the terminals of the bidirectional switch; detecting, from the received voltage, a first sign of said voltage; at least while the first sign is being detected, coupling the first terminal to said first node (), potentials of control terminals of the first, second, third, and fourth transistors being referenced to the potential (REF) of the first and second nodes having common sources of the first, second, third, and fourth transistors connected thereto.