Arcing protector
AssigneeUniversal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWEI XIONG, TRAVIS BERRY, KEITH DAVIS
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Abstract
Examples of the present disclosure relate to a device, method, and medium storing instructions for execution by a processor for protecting a driver from arcing. For example, a device for protecting a driver from arcing may include a gate drive circuit connected to a high-side switch and a low-side switch to control to operation of a converter in the device. The device may also include a processor to send a control signal to the gate drive circuit when the processor receives an indication of arcing from a voltage sensor in the device, the control signal to delay an operation by the converter.
Claims30
A device to protect a driver from arcing, comprising:
- a gate drive circuit connected to a high-side switch and a low-side switch to control to operation of a converter in the device;
- a processor to send a control signal to the gate drive circuit when the processor receives an indication of arcing from a sensor in the device, the control signal to delay an operation by the converter.
A method for protecting a driver from arcing, comprising:
- controlling a current output of a converter with a gate drive signal from a gate drive circuit to a connected high-side switch and a connected low-side switch;
- sending a control signal from a processor to a gate drive circuit when the processor receives an indication of arcing from a sensor in the device;
- and
- delaying an operation by the converter when the gate drive circuit receives the control signal.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, direct the processor to protecting a driver from arcing, the instructions to direct the processor to:
- control a current output of a converter with a gate drive signal from a gate drive circuit to a connected high-side switch and a connected low-side switch;
- send a control signal from the processor to the gate drive circuit when the processor receives an indication of arcing from a voltage sensor in the device;
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- delay an operation by the converter when the gate drive circuit receives the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.