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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2006
Ronald Brombach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Karl Wojcik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jim Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
Brian Tian, Novi, MI (US);
Ronald Brombach, Plymouth, MI (US);
Karl Wojcik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jim Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
Brian Tian, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A FET monitoring and protecting system () that includes a FET switch device (). The FET switch device () includes a FET (), a logic device (), and a feedback status output (). The logic device () is electrically coupled to the FET () and generates a feedback status signal. A counter () is incremented in response to an actual short circuit condition of the FET switch device (). A controller () is electrically coupled to the feedback status output (). The controller () permits the activation of the FET () in response to the feedback status signal and a value of the counter ().