Electric power conversion systems – Current conversion – Including automatic or integral protection means
Patent
1989-06-28
1990-06-26
Salce, Patrick R.
Electric power conversion systems
Current conversion
Including automatic or integral protection means
363 21, 363131, H02H 7122
Patent
active
049377264
ABSTRACT:
To protect a semiconductor switch from high forward blocking voltage stresses during turn-off, a relief circuit is provided comprising a diode and a capacitor. The energy generated when the semiconductor switch is turned off or switched to the non-conducting state, is temporarily stored in the capacitor of the relief circuit until the semiconductor switch is changed back to its conducting state. Then the energy stored in the capacitor is transferred to a useful impedance by means of a further semiconductor switch being changed to its conducting state.
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ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH
Salce Patrick R.
Sterret Jeffrey
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