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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 1990
Filed:
May. 16, 1988
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.p.A., Catania, IT;
Abstract
In this MOS-transistor bridge circuit, for obtaining a fast flyback conduction of the current after a normal operation of the circuit, instead of the flyback diodes associated with each transistor of the bridge, the MOS transistors themselves are employed, driven so as to conduct current from the ground to the power supply, that is in the opposite direction with respect to that of normal operation. For this purpose a control section is provided receiving at the input a fast flyback signal and comprising delay gates connected to the disable inputs of the transistors, so as to delay switching off thereof, and to maintain in the on state two diagonally opposed transistors so as to allow current to flow from the ground to the power supply through these diagonally opposed transistors and the load until the current decreases to zero.