Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for high side transistor protection
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Application No.: US13715323Application Date: 2012-12-14
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Publication No.: US09678139B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Daniel Kisslinger da Silva
- Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Main IPC: G01R31/26
- IPC: G01R31/26 ; G01R19/165 ; H03K17/082
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for detecting a high energy event in a transistor includes performing the steps of: monitoring a gate to source voltage of a transistor during transistor start up, continuously determining a derivative of the monitored gate to source voltage with respect to time, and detecting a high energy event when the derivative of the gate to source voltage exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160341783A9 METHOD AND APARATUS FOR HIGH SIDE TRANSISTOR PROTECTION Public/Granted day:2016-11-24
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