Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices – circuits – and – Specific identifiable device – circuit – or system – With specific source of supply or bias voltage
Patent
1998-05-06
2000-07-18
Callahan, Timothy P.
Miscellaneous active electrical nonlinear devices, circuits, and
Specific identifiable device, circuit, or system
With specific source of supply or bias voltage
327547, 327168, 363 55, 363131, G05F 110
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
An electronic circuit includes first and second inductive bias elements coupled to respective first and second switching elements for preventing avalanche current flow through the switching elements. In one embodiment, a resonant inverter circuit includes first and second switching elements with first and second freewheeling diodes coupled across the respective switching elements. A first inductive bias element is coupled to the first switching element and a second inductive bias element is coupled to the second switching element. The first and second bias elements are inductively coupled with a resonant inductive element for biasing the respective first and second switching elements against avalanche current flow.
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Callahan Timothy P.
Electro-Mag International, Inc.
Nguyen Hai L.
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