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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Thierry Sicard, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Thierry Sicard, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
NXP USA, INC., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 25/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/18 (2006.01); H02P 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/18 (2013.01); H02P 27/08 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0063 (2013.01); H03K 2217/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driver circuit for driving a portion of a motor system is disclosed. The driver circuit may include a current reverse detector operable to detect a current direction associated with the portion of the motor system, an insulated gate bipolar transistor ('IGBT') driver, and an IGBT. The IGBT driver may include: a first input coupled to an output of the current reverse detector and a second input coupled to an operation indication signal.