The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Infineon Technologies Ag, Neubiberg, DE;
Inventors:
Hans-Peter Kreuter, Villach, AT;
Christian Djelassi, Villach, AT;
Markus Ladurner, Villach, AT;
Robert Illing, Villach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2006.01); H03K 17/082 (2006.01); H01H 83/00 (2006.01); H02H 3/02 (2006.01); H02H 9/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/087 (2006.01); H03K 17/16 (2006.01); H01H 83/04 (2006.01); H02H 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 3/08 (2013.01); H01H 83/00 (2013.01); H01H 83/04 (2013.01); H02H 3/025 (2013.01); H02H 3/087 (2013.01); H02H 9/04 (2013.01); H03K 17/082 (2013.01); H03K 17/0822 (2013.01); H03K 17/0826 (2013.01); H03K 17/166 (2013.01); H02H 3/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A power circuit is described that includes a switch coupled to a resistive-inductive-capacitive load and a driver coupled to the switch. The driver is configured to detect an emergency event within the power circuit. After detecting the emergency event within the power circuit, the driver is further configured to perform a controlled emergency switch-off operation of the switch to minimize the maximum temperature of the switch during the detected emergency event and switch-off operation.