Saturation detection circuits

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2006-12-19

2010-06-08

Nguyen, Vincent Q (Department: 2831)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Impedance, admittance or other quantities representative of...

Lumped type parameters

C324S705000

Reexamination Certificate

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07733098

ABSTRACT:
This invention generally relates to saturation detection circuits, in embodiments for substantially lossless detection of saturation of power switches in power integrated circuits. We describe a saturation detection circuit for detecting saturation of a power semiconductor device, the circuit including a said power semiconductor device having an input terminal and an output terminal, a second semiconductor device connected across said input and output terminals of the power semiconductor device, and a circuit responsive to a current flowing through the second semiconductor device to detect the saturation of the power semiconductor device.

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