Abstract:
A control circuit for slowly turning off a solid-state power transistor, particularly for inductive loads, comprising means (R1,R2,18) for limiting the load current flowing through the switch, and timing and control circuits (19,6,11,12,13) to ensure, irrespective of the duration of a command pulse, slowed turn-off of the switch with a predetermined delay as to the time when the maximum load current value is reached, thereby keeping the power dissipation through the switch during the load current limiting phase within predetermined values and the turn-off overvoltage within predetermined levels.
Abstract:
A BiCMOS Transconductor differential stage (10) for high frequency filters comprises an input circuit portion having signal inputs (IN+,IN-) and comprising a pair of MOS transistors (M1,M2) having their respective gate terminals (G1,G2) corresponding to the signal inputs as well as an output circuit portion having signal outputs (OUT-,OUT+) and comprising a pair of two-pole transistors (Q1,Q2) connected together with a common base in a circuit node (B) and inserted between inputs (IN+,IN-) and outputs (OUT-,OUT+) in cascode configuration. The stage (10) in accordance with the present invention calls for a switching device (3) associated with at least one of said added two-pole transistors (Q1,Q2) to change the connections between the parasite capacitors present in the transconductor stage. The switching device (3) also comprises at least one added two-pole transistor (Q1x, Q2x) connected in a removable manner in parallel with the corresponding two-pole cascode transistor (Q1,Q2). In a variant embodiment there are also provided respective added MOS transistors (M1x,M2x) connected in parallel with the MOS transistors (M1,M2) of the input portion to change the ratio W:L of each of the input transistors (M1,M2).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a voltage regulator connected between first (VS) and second (GND) voltage references and having an output terminal (O1) for delivering a regulated output voltage (Vout), which voltage regulator comprises at least one voltage divider (11), connected between the output terminal (O1) and the second voltage reference (GND), and a serial output element (18) connected between the output terminal (O1) and the first voltage reference (VS), the voltage divider (11) being connected to the serial output element (18) by a first conduction path which includes at least one error amplifier (EA) of the regulated output voltage (Vout) whose output is connected to at least one driver (DR) for turning off the serial output element (18), the voltage regulator comprising, between the voltage divider (11) and the serial output element (18), at least a second conduction path for turning off the serial output element (18) according to the value of the regulated output voltage (Vout), in advance of the action of the first conduction path. The invention also concerns a method of turning off a serial output element (18) as a regulated output voltage (Vout) from a voltage regulator (10) changes.
Abstract:
A monolithic, integrated semiconductor circuit comprising a high-voltage device (210) with a predetermined reverse-conduction threshold, typically a chain of Zener diodes (220-240) has, connected in series therewith, a thermal compensation device (250) constituted by a plurality of Vbe multipliers connected in series with one another. Each of the Vbe multipliers is formed by a resistive divider (R1i, R2i) and a low-voltage transistor (Ti) or two or more low-voltage transistors in a Darlington configuration.