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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael John Ryan, Cohoes, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/760 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 1/760 ;
Abstract
A method for monitoring the health of power electronics includes: providing a switch command to a power electronic device ( ) through a gate driver ( ); measuring a switching time of the power electronic device; and using the switching time to determine a diagnostic condition of the power electronic device and/or the gate driver.