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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2010
Applicant:
Edgar Cilio, Farmington, AR (US);
Inventor:
Edgar Cilio, Farmington, AR (US);
Assignee:
Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc., Fayetteville, AR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A direct drive cascode using a gate signal driven D-mode JFET connected in series with a power-enable-signal driven E-Mode JFET to provide a quick-operation high-temperature normally-off cascode configuration with low noise characteristics. The E-mode JFET may have the E-mode gate connected to ground with a pull down power element or resistor.