Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Switch device and method
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Application No.: US15840194Application Date: 2017-12-13
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Publication No.: US10454469B2Publication Date: 2019-10-22
- Inventor: Francesca Romano , Alexander Mayer , Luca Petruzzi
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Slater Matsil, LLP
- Priority: DE102016124611 20161216
- Main IPC: H03K17/18
- IPC: H03K17/18 ; H03K17/30 ; H03K17/16 ; H03K17/081

Abstract:
An embodiment method includes detecting an inverse current condition at a switch, and driving a node associated with a switch driver driving the switch to a predetermined voltage in response to the detection of an inverse current condition at the switch. An embodiment switch device includes a switch driver configured to be coupled to a control terminal of a switch, an inverse current detector configured to detect an inverse current condition at the first and second load terminals of the switch, and a voltage driver configured to drive a node associated with the switch driver to a predetermined voltage in response to the inverse current detector detecting an inverse current condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180175855A1 Switch Device and Method Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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