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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
Laurent Guillot, Seysses, FR;
Kamel Abouda, Saint Lys, FR;
Philippe Rosado, Fonsorbes, FR;
Helmut Henssler, Constance, DE;
Uli Joos, Nonnenhorn, DE;
Josef Schnell, Wasserburg, DE;
Norbert Stuhler, Ravensburg, DE;
Laurent Guillot, Seysses, FR;
Kamel Abouda, Saint Lys, FR;
Philippe Rosado, Fonsorbes, FR;
Helmut Henssler, Constance, DE;
Uli Joos, Nonnenhorn, DE;
Josef Schnell, Wasserburg, DE;
Norbert Stuhler, Ravensburg, DE;
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH, Nuremberg, DE;
Abstract
A method is intended to make it possible to drive a PTC electrical load element with a switching unit with the highest possible operational reliability. For this purpose, the electric current is switched off if a predetermined current threshold value is exceeded, the magnitude of the current threshold value being determined from the operating parameters of the load element.