Circuit arrangement for discharging an electrical component

Abstract

A circuit arrangement for discharging an electrical component includes a photovoltaic isolation unit, which is arranged on a first side between a first input terminal and a second input terminal and is arranged on a second side between a first intermediate node and a second intermediate node. The circuit arrangement includes a first Zener diode arranged between the first intermediate node and the second intermediate node; a first resistor unit arranged between the first intermediate node and a first connection point; an intermediate circuit arranged between the first connection point, a second connection point, a third connection point and a fourth connection point; a first switching element arranged between the third connection point, a third intermediate node and a first output terminal; and a first resistor arranged between a first voltage terminal and the third intermediate node.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.