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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/122 ;
Abstract
A switching device having a first and a second electronic switch connected in a half-bridge configuration and each having a control terminal for receiving a switching signal alternatively having a turn-on value and a turn-off value for taking the first and second electronic switches to an on state and to an off state, respectively; the switching device includes, for each switch, means for detecting the state of the switch and means for keeping the switching signal at the turn-off value for one of the electronic switches when the detected state of the other electronic switch is the on state.