# US 2023/0056547 A1 · Fast Electronic Switch > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0056547 A1 - Document ID: US20230056547A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/796,927 - Filed: 2021-01-25 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-02-03 - Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Stefan Hänsel; Oliver Reimann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230056547A1 ## CPC - H01G 4/01: Form of self-supporting electrodes - H03K 17/041: without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit {(H03K17/0403, H03K17/0406 take precedence)} - H01G 2/06: specially adapted for mounting on a printed-circuit support - H01G 2/106: {Fixing the capacitor in a housing} - H01G 2/14: Protection against electric or thermal overload (by cooling H01G2/08) - H01G 4/40: Structural combinations of fixed capacitors with other electric elements, the structure mainly consisting of a capacitor, e.g. RC combinations - H03K 17/08148: {in composite switches} - H03K 17/162: {without feedback from the output circuit to the control circuit} - H02M 1/348: {Passive dissipative snubbers} - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) - H03K: PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) - H02M: APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (transformers H01F; dynamo-electric converters H02K47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P) - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract Various embodiments of the teachings herein include an electronic switch comprising: a semiconductor switch; and a series circuit. The series circuit is arranged parallel to the semiconductor switch and includes a first resistor, a capacitor, and a second resistor arranged in order R-C-R. The first resistor and the second resistor are arranged to create a bifilar resistor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic switch comprising: a semiconductor switch; and a series circuit arranged parallel to the semiconductor switch, the series circuit including a first resistor, a capacitor, and a second resistor arranged in order R-C-R; wherein the first resistor and the second resistor interact to form a bifilar resistor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bifilar resistor comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of: an iron alloy, V4A steel, constantan, and carbon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the first resistor and the second resistor is produced by punching or laser beam cutting. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bifilar resistor serves as a mechanical carrier for the capacitor. ### Claim 5 The electronic switch as claimed in 1, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor each have a quadrilateral shape, wherein two mutually opposing edges are bent by 90° to one side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are placed together so as to be isolated by way of an insulation panel or insulation film and are pressed together by means of screwed panels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor together form a cross-section with the shape][. ### Claim 8 The electronic switch as claimed in 1, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor each have a meandering portion, wherein the meandering portions are arranged relative to each other such that these meanders in turn form a bifilar arrangement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, in which the first resistor and the second resistor are each L-shaped, wherein the two L-shapes are placed one inside the other in order to form the bifilar resistor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first resistor and the second resistor are screwed directly onto connectors of the semiconductor switch. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic switch as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capacitor is screwed directly onto the first resistor and second resistor. ### Claim 12 A switching facility comprising: a plurality of electronic switches connected in series with each other; wherein each electronic switch comprises a semiconductor switch; and a series circuit arranged parallel to the semiconductor switch, the series circuit including a first resistor, a capacitor, and a second resistor arranged in order R-C-R; wherein the first resistor and the second resistor interact to form a bifilar resistor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The switching facility as claimed in claim 12, further comprising at least one further electronic switch connected antiserially to the plurality of electronic switches, ### Claim at position 14 14-15. 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