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Patent No.:

US 9490688 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2013

Method and circuit arrangement for switching a semiconductor switch

Applicant:

Conti Temic Microelectronic Gmbh, Nuremberg, DE;

Inventors:

Christoph Hornstein, Nuremberg, DE;

Ulrich Bley, Rackwitz, DE;

Kai Kuehnen, Nuremberg, DE;

Assignee:

CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH, Nuremberg, DE;

Attorney:

Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Karen Masih

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/14 (2016.01); H02M 1/08 (2006.01); H03K 4/02 (2006.01); H03K 19/003 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H02P 27/04 (2016.01); H02M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/08 (2013.01); H02P 27/04 (2013.01); H03K 4/02 (2013.01); H03K 17/163 (2013.01); H03K 17/168 (2013.01); H03K 19/003 (2013.01); H02M 2001/0054 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0036 (2013.01); Y10T 307/977 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method is disclosed for switching a semiconductor switch from a first static switch state to a second static switch state by controlling a control connection of the semiconductor switch. The method includes switching the semiconductor switch in a current-controlled manner starting from the first static switch state in a first switching phase by applying at least one first specified actuating current at the control connection of the semiconductor switch in a controlled manner, and switching the semiconductor switch in a voltage-controlled manner in a second switching phase following the first switching phase by applying at least one first specified actuating voltage to the control connection of the semiconductor switch in a controlled manner until the second static switch state is reached. In this manner, switching losses are reduced.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hornstein, Christoph. (2016). Method and circuit arrangement for switching a semiconductor switch (U.S. Patent No. 9490688). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9490688

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