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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Jérôme Heurtier, Tours, FR;
Arnaud Florence, Saint Cyr sur Loire, FR;
Franck Galtié, Veretz, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 7/217 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A controllable rectifying element, comprising a bipolar transistor having a current input terminal connected to a control terminal by a first switch and having a current output terminal connected to the control terminal by a second switch, the turn-off and turn-on phases of the first and second switches being complementary and depending on the state desired for the rectifying element.