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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert L Steigerwald, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Khai D Ngo, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
363 98 ; 363 17 ; 363132 ;
Abstract
A control circuit for a full bridge switching converter including power FET switching devices. The control circuit including a gate driver with a voltage sensor circuit which senses the precise instant to gate the power FET on in order to achieve substantially lossless switching by the converter.