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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 3/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/18 (2006.01); G01K 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 3/005 (2013.01); G01K 7/183 (2013.01); G01K 7/34 (2013.01); G01K 2217/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention concerns a device and a method for sensing an over-temperature of a power semiconductor. The invention: provides a current pulse source through control electrodes of the power semiconductor, duplicates the current provided by the current pulse source and provides the duplicated current to an emulating device, compares the voltage across the control electrodes to the voltage across the emulating device, notifies the result of the comparison.