Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temperature detection of power switch using modulation of driver output impedance
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Application No.: US17009718Application Date: 2020-09-01
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Publication No.: US11378614B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Jens Barrenscheen , Andre Arens
- Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
- Applicant Address: DE Neubiberg
- Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Neubiberg
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; H03K17/18 ; G01R31/40 ; H03K17/08

Abstract:
This disclosure is directed to circuits and techniques for detecting or responding to temperature of a power switch. A driver circuit for the power switch may be configured to deliver a modulation signal to a control node of the power switch to control on/off switching of the power switch, wherein the driver circuit is further configured to modulate an output impedance of the driver circuit at the control node, perform one or more voltage measurements while modulating the output impedance of the driver circuit, and control the power switch based at least in part on the one or more voltage measurements.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220065924A1 TEMPERATURE DETECTION OF POWER SWITCH USING MODULATION OF DRIVER OUTPUT IMPEDANCE Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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