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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2012
Andreas Schoenknecht, Renningen, DE;
Andreas Schoenknecht, Renningen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a control unit () for driving an electric load, in particular an electric machine, having a first and a second voltage terminal () in order to supply the control unit () with electrical energy, a capacitor (), which is connected between the voltage terminals (), at least one half-bridge (), which is connected between the voltage terminals (), wherein the half-bridge () has two controllable switches (), between which there is formed a half-bridge tap () for connecting the load, a safety circuit (), which is designed to close one of the controllable switches () of the half-bridge () in the event of a fault, a discharge circuit (), which is designed to connect the voltage terminals () electrically in the event of a fault, and having a control circuit () which is designed to provide a control signal () which triggers the safety circuit () and the discharge circuit () in the event of the detected fault.