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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Daren W. Keller, Arundel, ME (US);
John T. Andrews, Eagle Mountain, UT (US);
Inventors:
Daren W. Keller, Arundel, ME (US);
John T. Andrews, Eagle Mountain, UT (US);
Assignee:
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); G01R 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/2879 (2013.01); G01R 1/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include an energy storage device configured to store energy during an unclamped inductive switching test of a target device, and a switch device configured to shunt at least a portion of energy away from the target device in response to the target device changing from a breakdown state to a failure state.