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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Alan J Campbell, New Berlin, WI (US);
Steven Terry Seidlitz, Brookfield, WI (US);
Rangarajan M Tallam, Germantown, WI (US);
Alex Yegorov, Mequon, WI (US);
Inventors:
Alan J Campbell, New Berlin, WI (US);
Steven Terry Seidlitz, Brookfield, WI (US);
Rangarajan M Tallam, Germantown, WI (US);
Alex Yegorov, Mequon, WI (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); H02P 3/00 (2006.01); G05F 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power electronics device with an improved IGBT protection mechanism is provided. More specifically, systems and methods are provided for shortening the duration of a shutdown test pulse, such that the power output to the load is substantially unaffected.