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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
U.s. Army Research Laboratory Attn: Rdrl-loc-1, Adelphi, MD (US);
Inventor:
Damian P. Urciuoli, Bowie, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Government, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 11/24 (2006.01); H02B 1/24 (2006.01); H03K 17/081 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H02M 1/32 (2007.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01); H03K 17/00 (2006.01); H01L 29/16 (2006.01); H01L 29/20 (2006.01); H03K 17/0814 (2006.01); H03K 17/785 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/081 (2013.01); H02M 1/32 (2013.01); H03K 17/6874 (2013.01); H04M 1/00 (2013.01); H04M 11/00 (2013.01); H01L 29/1602 (2013.01); H01L 29/1608 (2013.01); H01L 29/2003 (2013.01); H03K 17/00 (2013.01); H03K 17/08142 (2013.01); H03K 17/785 (2013.01); Y10T 307/74 (2015.04);
Abstract
Various solid-state circuit breakers and related circuits are presented herein. These include, among other things, a common node bidirectional solid-state circuit breaker (BDSSCB) having diodes connected between terminals of its switches, a shunt voltage actuated driver (SVAD) circuit for use with a BDSSCB, a SVAD circuit for use with a unidirectional solid-state circuit breaker (UDSSCB), a bipolar current actuated driver (BCAD) for use with a BDSSCB, and a multi-directional solid-state circuit breaker (MDSSCB).