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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Robert Pezzani, Vouvray, FR;
Inventor:
Robert Pezzani, Vouvray, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/72 (2006.01); H03K 17/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling an SCR-type switch, comprising applying to the switch gate several periods of an unrectified high-frequency voltage, the power of one HF halfwave being insufficient to start the SCR-type switch.