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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Benoît Peron, Tours, FR;
Inventor:
Benoît Peron, Tours, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and a circuit for controlling at least one thyristor constitutive of a rectifying bridge with a filtered output, including closing the thyristor when the voltage thereacross becomes greater than zero, and making the gate current of the thyristor disappear when the current therein exceeds its latching current.