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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Tony Vanhoucke, Bierbeek, BE;
Godefridus A. M. Hurkx, Best, NL;
Inventors:
Tony Vanhoucke, Bierbeek, BE;
Godefridus A. M. Hurkx, Best, NL;
Assignee:
NXP B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/10 (2006.01); G05F 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control circuit for a transistor arrangement comprises a monitoring arrangement () for monitoring the current flow and voltage across the transistor arrangement () and means () for determining if the current and voltage values define an operating point which falls within a stable operating region. The stable operating region comprises a region having a boundary () which comprises an electro-thermal instability line.