Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Increase robustness of devices to overvoltage transients
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Application No.: US15222418Application Date: 2016-07-28
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Publication No.: US10411689B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Andrea Carletti , Gerold Schrittesser , Albino Pidutti
- 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: H02H3/22
- IPC: H02H3/22 ; H03K17/081 ; H03K17/082 ; H03K17/08

Abstract:
In one example, a method includes selectively activating, by control logic and based on a control signal, a switch; in response to determining that an electrical characteristic of a signal provided to the switch satisfies a threshold while the switch is deactivated, activating, by the control logic and regardless of the control signal, the switch until determining that a potential of the signal provided to the switch satisfies a threshold potential; and in response to determining that the potential of the signal provided to the switch satisfies the threshold potential, deactivating the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180034457A1 INCREASE ROBUSTNESS OF DEVICES TO OVERVOLTAGE TRANSIENTS Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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