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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Fengfeng Tao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Thomas Herbon, Loveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Fengfeng Tao, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi, Clifton Park, NY (US);
John Thomas Herbon, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gate drive circuit includes an insulated gate semiconductor switch. A controlled current source is connected to the semiconductor switch gate terminal to provide a gate drive circuit that is responsive to recycled gate charge corresponding to an internal gate capacitance of the insulated gate semiconductor switch.