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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Jens Barrenscheen, Munich, DE;
Laurent Beaurenaut, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Jens Barrenscheen, Munich, DE;
Laurent Beaurenaut, Neubiberg, DE;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 3/00 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/689 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/162 (2013.01); H03K 17/689 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0027 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0063 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver for a switch includes a primary side having a trigger input and a secondary side comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The primary side and the secondary side are separated by a galvanic isolation barrier and communicate via a communication circuit. The primary side is configured to receive a trigger signal at the trigger input and forward the trigger signal to the ADC of the secondary side of the driver via the communication circuit. The ADC is configured to start a measurement upon receiving the trigger signal.