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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph A. Yedinak, Mountain Top, PA (US);
Scott Pearson, Humlock Creek, PA (US);
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) device configured to control charging and discharging of an ignition coil and a two-stage voltage clamp coupled with the IGBT device. The two-stage voltage clamp can include a high-voltage portion coupled with the IGBT device and a low-voltage portion coupled with high-voltage portion and the IGBT device. The apparatus can further include a sense device coupled with the two-stage voltage clamp and a timing circuit coupled with the sense device. The timing circuit can be configured to provide a control signal to cause the sense device to enable or disable the high-voltage portion of the two-stage voltage clamp.