Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic IGBT gate drive to reduce switching loss
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Application No.: US15067878Application Date: 2016-03-11
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Publication No.: US11133796B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Zhuxian Xu , Chingchi Chen , Ke Zou , Xi Lu , Michael W. Degner , Jun Kikuchi
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: H02P1/00
- IPC: H02P1/00 ; H03K17/16 ; H02M1/08 ; B60L50/51 ; H02M1/088 ; H03K17/567 ; H02M7/5387 ; H02M1/15 ; H02M3/158 ; H02M1/00

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an electric machine, an IGBT, and a gate driver. The IGBT has a gate, an emitter, and a collector and is configured to flow an electric charge through a phase of the electric machine. The gate driver is configured to flow current onto the gate at a first level, and in response to a time integral of a voltage across the phase exceeding a predetermined level, transition from the first level to a second level less than the first level.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170264284A1 DYNAMIC IGBT GATE DRIVE TO REDUCE SWITCHING LOSS Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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